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West Bridgford: Gordon Road
A damp June morning.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 5 Jun 2017
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West Bridgford: Gordon Road shops
Looking towards Tudor Square from the open space outside the Test Match Hotel on a sunny summer morning.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 3 Jul 2019
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Alley between Gordon Road and Exchange Road, West Bridgford
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 1 Jan 2023
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View from outside a coffee shop in West Bridgford
A nice spot to stop and take on board some warm beverages on a sunny, but cold and windy day.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
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Test Match
This pub is situated about 500 m from Trent Bridge.
Image: © Oxymoron
Taken: 27 Jul 2008
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West Bridgford road names
An information panel at Gordon Square showing roads in the area named by Sir Horatio Davies after family members and friends. Ethel, Florence, Violet, Blake, Mabel and Cyril were six of his children, and his friends included the Dukes of Cambridge and Devonshire, the Earls of Oxford and Tavistock and Lord Burleigh. Apparently members of the family continued to sit on the board responsible for the naming of local roads until Local Government reorganisation in the 1960s.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 7 Mar 2010
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Benchmark on #18 Blake Road
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm102395
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 12 May 2018
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#18 Blake Road
There is an OS benchmark
Image on the left hand side of the house near its front corner, between a grey gate and black downpipe
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 12 May 2018
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West Bridgford: the Test Match Hotel
The Test Match is Grade II* listed and has a fine Art Deco interior. Before its opening in 1938 the West Bridgford Defence Association had successfully campaigned to prevent liquor licences being granted in Bridgford.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 5 Jun 2017
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The Test Match
The rather undramatic exterior of this pub makes one wonder why it has been awarded the accolade of Grade II* listing. Part of the citation from the English Heritage listing makes it clear why:
"A highly distinctive public house of the 1930's and an early example of public house 'theming'. This was the first public house licensed in West Bridgford in the twentieth century and much expense was undertaken to develop a high-quality, well-fitted establishment. The near- complete survival of the 1930s plan and accompanying fittings is now extremely rare."
The classic Art-Deco interior is well worth the visit, even if sadly the distinctive Kimberley Ales are now a thing of the past.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 7 Mar 2010
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