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Wellington Gate
Gated deveolpemnt on Holtye Road. This is one of a number of roads on this estate with an aircraft based name, reflecting the pioneering work done by Queen Victoria Hospital (situated on the opposite side of Holtye Road, behind the camera) on plastic and reconstructive surgery for injured airmen in the Second World War.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 14 Oct 2016
0.01 miles
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Junction of Lancaster Road with the A264
Image: © Shazz
Taken: 4 May 2016
0.05 miles
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Lynton Close
1970s housing off Lynton Park Avenue, south of Holtye Road. This is one of a number of roads on this estate with an aircraft based name, reflecting the pioneering work done by Queen Victoria Hospital on plastic and reconstructive surgery for injured airmen in the Second World War. Part of the hospital can be seen in the background.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 14 Oct 2016
0.06 miles
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Merlin Way
1970s housing south of Holtye Road, seen from across Lancaster Drive.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 20 Oct 2016
0.08 miles
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Staff of Asclepius, Jubilee Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital
The finial on top of the tower of the Jubilee Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital in the form of a copper Staff of Asclepius. The Jubilee Centre was built in 1936 when the Queen Victoria Hospital moved to this site. For wider view see
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The Staff of Asclepius, in the form of a snake entwining a rod, is a traditional sign of medicine, Asclepius being a Greek god associated with healing and medicine, whose symbols were a snake and a staff.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 20 Oct 2016
0.08 miles
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Jubilee Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital
Built in 1936 when the Queen Victoria Hospital moved to this site. It now houses the hospital's minor injuries unit and sleep disorder facility, as well as the boardroom for the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 14 Oct 2016
0.08 miles
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Jubilee Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital
Built in 1936 when the Queen Victoria Hospital moved to this site. It now houses the hospital's minor injuries unit and sleep disorder facility, as well as the boardroom for the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 20 Oct 2016
0.08 miles
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Lynton Park Avenue
1970s housing south of Holtye Road.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 14 Oct 2016
0.10 miles
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Canadian Wing, Queen Victoria Hospital
Now the main entrance to the Queen Victoria Hospital, the Canadian Wing was opened in 1944, having been built by the Royal Canadian Air Force and paid for by the Canadian government in recognition of the large number of Canadian servicemen who had been treated at the hospital during the Second World War.
Image: © Ian Capper
Taken: 14 Oct 2016
0.12 miles
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A264
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 23 May 2016
0.12 miles