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Graig Park Road, NEWPORT, NP20 6HB

Houses in the Graig Park area were built without garages in the 1930s when few people in the area owned a car.

Erected during the Second World War, at the edge of a small grassy area on the north side of Graig Park Road, between Graig Park Parade and Graig Park Villas. The doors and windows of this single-storey building (15 metres long and 6 metres wide) are all bricked up in 2016. Although this building would be unlikely to survive a direct hit, it was a safer place to be during a bombing raid than adjacent houses. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2858486 to another view.

Houses in the Graig Park area were built in the 1930s when few people in this area owned cars. The semi-detached houses were built without garages. This 25 metre long building in Graig Park Road, near the corner of Graig Park Circle, contains nine doors to what look like lockup garages. I do not know if this building was erected at the same as surrounding houses, nor if it is still in use as garages today.

The yellow grit box and Western Power Distribution electricity substation are on the corner of Graig Park Circle and Graig Park Road.

Graig Park Road side of the Western Power Distribution electricity substation on the corner of Graig Park Circle.

Viewed from Graig Park 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, as here, remained mostly snow-covered, causing difficulties for drivers in the hillier parts of the city.

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. At a relatively low elevation (about 40 metres or 130 feet above sea level), Graig Park Lane is only moderately affected, with a partial clearance of the roadway caused by the passage of vehicles.

Graig Park Parade climbs away from Graig Park Road towards Graig Park Avenue. Houses in the Graig Park area, between Malpas Road and Graig Wood, were built c1930.

Viewed from the corner of Graig Park Avenue, looking towards Graig Park Road.

Viewed from the corner of Graig Park Avenue looking along the road named Graig Park Villas towards Graig Park Road and Graig Park Circle on a May evening in 2020.