IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Bessemer Close, SWINDON, SN2 1NB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Bessemer Close, SN2 1NB by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (44 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
Collett Avenue, looking West
Named after Charles Benjamin Collett, who became Chief Mechanical Engineer for the GWR in 1922.
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 16 Sep 2007
0.04 miles
2
Gardens in Swindon
Gardens between Collett Avenue and Churchward Avenue
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 16 Sep 2007
0.06 miles
3
Houses in Somerset Road
The Swindon borough boundaries were extended at the end of the 1920's and there was a rash of new building in the northward extension of the town which had swelled to over 50,000 inhabitants. These terraced houses in Somerset Road date from the mid thirties and one like this could be bought new for £400, although end of terrace houses were £25 more. Access to the long back gardens was via a back lane, known as 'backsies' in Swindon.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.10 miles
6
Entrance to Westbrook Road from Northern Road
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 16 Sep 2007
0.12 miles
7
View W along Bessemer Road East, Swindon
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 16 Sep 2007
0.12 miles
8
Whitby Grove, Swindon
Terraced houses of the inter war years. These are two bedroomed with archway access to rear gardens and doors. One of these could be purchased for £1100 in 1947.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.13 miles
9
Green, The "Triangle", Howse Garden, off Northern Road, Swindon
The "Triangle", Howse Garden, is a new and controversial housing development off Northern Road, Swindon. Built by Hab Oakus, the partnership between TV presenter Kevin McCloud's company Hab and housing group GreenSquare, it is an estate of 42 sustainable and "affordable" dwellings. http://www.haboakus.co.uk/triangle/ The houses are constructed using Tradical® Hemcrete® (made from hemp shiv mixed with a lime based binder). http://www.e-architect.co.uk/england/the_triangle.htm According to their website, “Haboakus developments are designed to be respectful towards the environment and easy and cheap to run … the developer aims to create developments that allow people to live more environmentally-friendly and fulfilling lives: to walk or cycle rather than drive; to share lifts or join a car club; to grow their own food; and to co-exist happily with natural habitats, wildlife, and, above all, with their neighbours and the community as a whole." On 6th December 2011, McCloud said, “The public areas are now pretty well complete and I'm looking forward to seeing the wild flowers emerge next summer. I'm also looking forward to seeing how productive the polytunnels, veg beds and edible hedgerows are.”
http://www.haboakus.co.uk/triangletv.htm However, when I visited the estate in June, all I saw was this sorry-looking excuse for a village green, with its even sorrier-looking non-functioning village pump, a few straggly trees and not a single wild flower. If anyone knows where they have hidden the polytunnels, veg beds and edible hedgerows, please let me know.
Image: © Vieve Forward
Taken: 13 Jun 2012
0.14 miles
