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Villa Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 4GG

Part of a green corridor created probably in the 1870s, stretching from the Arboretum round the north east of the City to St Ann's. Other parts still retain the mature trees planted at the inception, but the age of trees along here suggests that the originals were elms which succumbed to the Dutch Elm Disease disaster of the late 70s.

Elm Avenue from Cranmer Street, looking towards Huntingdon Road. This is the reverse view to Image This delightful traffic-free avenue runs, as Elm Avenue, from Huntingdon Road, A60, to Bellvue Reservoir then as Corporation Oaks and as Robin Hood Chase to St Ann's Well Road.

Elm Avenue from Huntingdon Road. This is the reverse view to Image This delightful traffic-free avenue runs, As Elm Avenue, from Huntingdon Road, A60, to Bellvue Reservoir then as Corporation Oaks and as Robin Hood Chase to St Ann's Well Road.

To a house on Mapperley Road. The alterations were done in 1890.

Built in 1897 to a design by Brewil & Baily, it shows clear influence of the Art Nouveau style. It subsequently became a Christian Science Church and has recently become a Sikh temple.

Looking west across Cranmer Street

The houses on the east side of the avenue are generally less pretentious than those on the opposite side.

Looking towards Huntington St, NG1. This is the Elm Avenue/Huntingdon Street section of a longer footpath that runs between the A60 - near to where it enters the city (Huntingdon St) - to Woodborough Road (the B684). Elm Avenue cuts the footpath in half at this point. Together with several other sections this much longer footpath encircles the Bellevue covered-reservoir at its midpoint. Thus, from a hot air balloon an observer would probably notice a rosette-shaped tract of land with the grass-covered reservoir forming the circular part of the rosette with two prominent grass-edged footpaths forming the rosette ribbons.