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Saxondale Drive, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 9EG

Looking north east from the junction with Brooklyn Road. The houses are typical of inter war council housing in Nottingham.

The houses to the east of St Albans Road, and the closes behind them, are built on what was from 1898-1968 the site of the station and carriage and goods sidings at Bulwell Common, on the main line from Nottingham Victoria to Sheffield and Manchester. The secondary line which linked the Great Northern line at Basford North Station and Bulwell Common passed under the road roughly where I stood to take this picture.

The blue-brick wall was once the parapet of a bridge which carried Kersall Drive over a number of tracks immediately south of Bulwell Common South Junction. The Great Central Railway main line from Marylebone to Sheffield, via Leicester Central and Nottingham Victoria was the last main line to be built (1898) and the first to close (1966 as a through route and 1968 here to goods traffic). Since closure the railway land has been redeveloped as housing. See Image] and Image] for other angles.

The houses on the other side of this blue-brick wall are built on a filled-in cutting of what was once the Great Central Railway main line from Marylebone to Sheffield, via Leicester Central and Nottingham Victoria. This was the last main line to be built (1898) and the first to close (1966 as a through route and 1968 here to goods traffic). See Image] and Image] for other angles.

The substantial blue-brick walls either side of Kersall Drive were, until 1968, the parapets of a bridge which crossed the Great Central Railway Nottingham-Sheffield main line. Bulwell Common South Junction was just to the right and Bulwell Common Station a little further north; to the left the main line ran south through New Basford to Nottingham Victoria and a line diverged to the west to Basford North (formerly Basford & Bulwell) Station. This bridge was wide as it crossed a number of tracks. Since closure the railway land has been redeveloped as housing. See Image] and Image] for other angles.

This was the local name given to a farm track accommodation bridge under the railway, later providing pedestrian access into Bestwood Estate. It was a tall narrow brick arch of similar proportions to the central opening of the London monument, hence the name. It was quite dark and was demolished following the closure of the railway, the line of which is now the Hucknall Road Walkway. The Walkway is a multi-user route; there is an alternative ramp to the left of the embankment - cyclists don't have to use the steps!

Looking towards the junction with Kersall Drive (on which the typical inter war Nottingham council houses are situated) from opposite a small park. Further along Brooklyn Road, the church of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour can be seen.

Recreating this 'First' for the square https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/18879