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Glenbeigh Terrace, READING, RG1 6PB

Looking south from the station to the bridge on Tilehurst Road. The train on the left is a passenger service for Newbury. A goods train approaches.

A passenger service for Newbury passes under the bridge on Tilehurst Road as a goods train trundles by in the opposite direction.

With a description http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1409246 to match the A4 road bridge a little to the south, this carries a minor road through the suburbs. "Forms an impressive pair with the similar and contemporary Bath Road Bridge."

Reading half marathon is apparently the third most popular half marathon in the country. It is usually run about a month before the London marathon so is a good training event for that one. The route in West Reading via Russell Street, Tilehurst Road, Liebenrood Road, Bath Road and Coley Avenue means that part of Reading is cut off whilst it is on, so the only thing to do is to go and watch. This is Tilehurst Road just before the railway bridge. The circular building in the background is a new block of flats called the Observatory. The top flat must be the one to have, if you like windows.

This brickwork has been repaired at various times, presumably as people have hit it to avoid an accident on the narrow bridge. We are 37 miles and 9 chains from London Paddington on the Basingstoke line.

Adjacent to Tilehurst Road and the southern entrance to Reading West station is this pedestrian bridge over the Reading to Basingstoke railway line. It is enclosed, with spikes to discourage venturing onto its roof, presumably because it is so high above the railway line and would be a likely suicide point.

35 Tilehurst Road is located on the corner of Brunswick Street and Tilehurst Road in Reading. Despite its street address, the house's principal frontage and front entrance, pictured here, are located on Brunswick Street.

This wall is one of the original places that I saw rat trap bond. The bricks are laid on their sides in two parallel lines with a gap in between, and every fourth one is laid across the wall to provide a bond between the two halves. However there is a cavity in the middle where rats get trapped, hence the name. The bond is a way of building a reasonably strong wall with fewer bricks.