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Appletree Lane, NOTTINGHAM, NG4 3LA

The lower part of this footpath. It now provides - unofficially - vehicle access to some of the adjoining premises, for which the foundations of the path are clearly not sufficiently strong.

Cul-de-sac off Queen's Avenue. Part of the large post-war development off Arnold Lane which was essentially a pit village for the neighbouring Gedling Colliery, although it abutted existing residential areas.

Houses built in the first years of the twentieth century, seen from the corner of Apple Tree Lane on a sunny June morning.

Seen from the tower of All Hallows Church – an unexpected bonus on a casual visit.

Looking north east with Gedling church in the background.

Gedling's wonderful 180ft spire (1300-20) is the second tallest in the county. For more about it, see Image

Houses from the 60s/70s, although the road itself appears to day from the time the main street (Priory Road) that it branches off.

Development from just after the turn of the 20th Century. The next row of houses behind this set was not built until the 60s or 70s.

The name is a good indicator this is a footpath of some antiquity. Historical maps confirm that it existed before any housing was developed, and parts of it still exists further into the development Image

When our art teacher, Mrs Macmillan, expatiated on The Parthenon and its columns, she was able to recommend a cycle or bus ride across the city to see entasis in action in the spire of Gedling church. ("The sides of the spire," wrote Nikolaus Pevsner, "actually have a slight, ingenious entasis. The effect is elegant, almost sensuous, in an Indian way, as it were.") The 180ft steeple (1300-20), the second tallest in Nottinghamshire, is seen from a pedestrian refuge on Arnold Lane on a gloomy September morning. For more about entasis, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entasis .