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Danestrete, STEVENAGE, SG1 9ZZ

On Danesgate.

The Register Office is to the left Image

This is Danestrete, located in Stevenage Town Centre, Danestrete is being dug up and resurfaced as the development to the left of the photo has started for new 20 storey flats which set to be completed by 2025. Danestrete was dug up due to the electrics that will be replaced to fit for the new flats, the site was formerly Matalan which was demolished in 2021. This stretch of road was the original route into Stevenage Town Centre by the Buses, hundreds of buses travelled back and forth on this road between 1958 and 2022 when the Bus Station was relocated to Lytton Way. In the photo above in the background to the left is the Stevenage Borough Council Offices also known as Daneshill House, to the right is The Plaza where The Old Post Office Pub is located and in the centre is Event Island which used to be the former Bus Station from 1958 to 2022.

A photograph taken from the public rooftop garden from the public toilets showing Stevenage Town Centre on a hot sunny August Summer day in 2023. You can see the Town Clock reading 4:22pm and the shops below with people walking throughout the Town Centre.

Taken on Sunday 9th June 2024 at 6pm in Stevenage Town Centre. Showing the Town Clock reading 6pm.

J D Wetherspoon pub in the heart of this new town, close to the bus station. The 'Standard Bearer' name apparently refers to Roman centurions marching behind their standard bearer along what was to become the Great North Road through Stevenage.

Taken from the Matalan car park.

The HSBC Bank in Stevenage is located in Stevenage Town Centre underneath the Stevenage Borough Council Offices Daneshill House on Danestrete. HSBC and the Stevenage Borough Council Offices Daneshill House above is due to be demolished as part of the Regeneration Project by Stevenage Borough Council and will be relocated to a new space, although as of 2023 this will not be happening for another few years.

Located in Stevenage Town Centre. Junction 7 Creatives is a well known public space Art Gallery which was founded and opened in 2021. The shop has got many pieces of art work and art projects and is open every Friday 1pm to 4pm & Saturday 11am to 4pm as of 2023 (opening/closing times might change overtime).

This was the original old Stevenage bus station. Built in 1959 and located on Danestrete in front of Daneshill House and with a refurbishment and redesign in 1985 the bus station has served Stevenage residents for 63 years with 11 different bus stops A - K. The last official day of use for the old bus station was on Saturday 25th June 2022 which was one of the busiest days in the town centre as Stevenage residents and bus drivers say goodbye to the old bus station after 63 years of service. The new bus station is now located on Lytton Way behind Daneshill House which opened on Sunday 26th June 2022 and is called Stevenage Interchange with 11 bus stops A - K.