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Durham Road, NEWPORT, NP19 7HU

Modern housing, built c2005, located in a cul-de-sac set back from the east side of Durham Road, between Stafford Road and Oak Street.

Oak Street heads away from Caerleon Road towards Durham Road. The far end of Oak Street is at the edge of the Newport to Cwmbran and The North railway line.

This OS cut mark can be found on the wall of No14 Sutton Road. It marks a point 11.415m above mean sea level.

At the crossroads of Durham Road and Oak Street. No entry to Oak Street (left or right) or Durham Road ahead. The scene is not as nightmarish as it appears. No Entry signs at the Stafford Road junction 150 metres behind the camera should have prevented vehicles reaching this location in this direction.

Located at the corner of Caerleon Road and Heather Road. The shop, at 262 Caerleon Road, is Caerleon Road Stores. Previously the site was occupied by Graceland Stores and was at one time a post office. Kelly's 1901 street directory locates a "letter pillar box" on the other side of the road, at 307 Caerleon Road. At this time, Heather Road did not exist : the highest even number (east side) for Caerleon Road was 228. Speculation. One possible explanation (though I'm not convinced) is that when the Heather Road area was developed during the reign of George V (1910-1936), a George V post box was installed outside the newly built post office, and the Victorian box on the other side of the road was moved here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1520492. But why not to install the new box at 149 Caerleon Road and simply move the existing box across the road ?

There was a snowfall ranging from 4 inches (10cm) at lower levels up to about 6 inches (15cm) at higher elevations in the city overnight January 5th/6th 2010. Main roads were quickly cleared, but side roads remained mostly snow-covered, causing difficulties for drivers in the hillier parts of the city. Shown here is Caerleon Road approaching the bridge over the M4 at junction 25. The Newport Bus single-decker would normally proceed to the hilly St Julians area, and return to Caerleon Road at a junction nearer the city centre, but today its route was shortened to end at the motorway roundabout and return directly to the bus station via Caerleon Road. Thus while hilly areas of St Julians had no bus service, this low-lying section of Caerleon Road had a more frequent service to the bus station than normal.

Houses on the north side of Oak Street, viewed from the corner of Durham Road.

Several lanes run between the backs of houses in this area of Newport, between Caerleon Road and the Glebelands. This one is Bank Lane, which began http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1958102 at Bank Street. It ends at Oak Street, ahead. On the far side of Oak Street another lane, Orchard Lane, begins.

Hairdressers and stylists, on the corner of Caerleon Road and Heather Road, viewed from the corner of Oak Street, which is temporarily closed because of road resurfacing work.

Premises of D.H.Bowkett & Sons, 2 Heather Road, near the Caerleon Road end. MoT test centre, servicing, repairs, welding, accident damage repair work. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2003065 for a closeup view of the three old petrol pumps