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Swale Close, NOTTINGHAM, NG6 9LZ

View southwards, towards Nottingham (Victoria); ex-Great Central 'London Extension' main line, (Annesley) - Nottingham - Leicester (Central) - Marylebone, closed (down to Quainton Road and Aylesbury) 5/9/66. This station was closed on 4/3/63, just four months before the photograph. (There is no trace of the railway there 45 years later).

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm91703

There is an OS benchmark Image on the wall pier to the left of the two gateposts

The trees and houses to the left of the common are on the site of Bulwell Common Station and its associated goods and carriage sidings, built by the Great Central Railway in 1898. The station closed to passengers in 1963 and to all traffic in 1968. It is now hard to imagine there was ever a main line running north through Bulwell.

Memorial stone to a police officer killed whilst on duty in 2003 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4286340.stm].

A newly revamped children's playground, waiting to be finished off and reopened, is seen here at the eastern edge of Potter's Hollow Recreation Ground at the side of Hucknall Road (the A611). Bulwell Forest Golf Club is situated to the photographer's left, albeit not visible.

The entrance to Bulwell Forest Municipal Golf Course from Hucknall Road (the A611). The traffic is travelling away from Nottingham, towards Hucknall.

Rigley Drive - seen here at the junction with Hucknall Road - takes its name from William Rigley's railway wagon works, which stood to the left of here until the 1960s, specialising in the manufacture and repair of railway wagons and, latterly, the scrapping of steam locomotives. The Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley line, built in 1881 to serve collieries in the Leen valley, ran directly ahead and behind the camera until closure in 1968. Bulwell Forest Station (also behind the camera) closed to passengers as early as 1929.

It may be the case that Tesco plc. secured planning permission for the construction of this large supermarket following agreement to build this Community Centre that now houses clinic facilities and health worker's offices. These facilities are seen here from a short, elevated path that joins the nearby A611 (Hucknall Road).

Anti-stray golf ball fencing at the side of the Bulwell Forest Municipal Golf Course, on one side of Hucknall Road (the A611). This is the view from a footpath that connects the Top Valley Tesco supermarket - behind the photographer - with the nearest bus stop.