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Kingshill Road, SWINDON, SN1 4LH

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm40450

There is an OS benchmark Image on the wall in front of the house below the dip in the hedge

Looking along Kingshill Road.

Looking down the hill.

The original Swindon was a small market town on top of a hill and might have remained so had not Brunel decided to build a major factory for the Great Western Railway in the mid 19th century. Thus was born Swindon New Town. As more houses were built in the Victorian era and later, the two areas merged. The term 'New Town' is now little-heard; in contrast 'Old Town' is in common currency to distinguish the pre-railway development from the rest of the town. The houses nearest the viewpoint are in Bowood Road, a between-the-wars development. The furthest houses are in Clifton Street and date from the late 19th century. These are on the northern edge of this square. The modern high-rise building on the right skyline is the David Murray John Tower which is in Image

Houses seen from Kingshill Road.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm25591

There is an OS benchmark Image on the wall angle to the right of the garage door.

The path, which takes the form of shallow concrete steps, provides a shortcut from Okus Road, in Old Town, to the newer part of Swindon, once referred to as New Town. The camera is pointing downwards and this causes interesting parallax effects.

Kingshill Road was and remains the main route into Old Town from the west. The houses along it are late Victorian or Edwardian. The yellow signs at the left indicate the route for the Wichelstowe development Image