IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Tovey Road, SWINDON, SN2 1PY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Tovey Road, SN2 1PY 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.
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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 (21 Images Found)
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Post war 'temporary' houses, Northern Road
Originally designed to be replaced decades ago, many of these houses still remain. "Post-war shortages of labour and materials are reflected in some of the houses where non-traditional materials and methods of construction were employed. Extensive use was made of the Easiform House, designed and erected by Messrs. John Laing & Son, Ltd. and of the Airey House, both built substantially of concrete".
From: 'Swindon: Growth of the town', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9 (1970), pp. 104-119. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 28 Oct 2009
0.02 miles
2
Public open space, south of Tovey Road, Pinehurst, Swindon
This area of open space lies between a small watercourse named Hreod Burna and Tovey Road. The stream flows west to the River Ray, a tributary of the Thames.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 13 May 2008
0.03 miles
3
Tovey Road, Pinehurst, Swindon
This is a view facing east. Tovey Road marks the southern extent of the post-war local authority-built housing estate. To the south, on the other side of the water course seen on the map, is a pre-war area of private housing.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 13 May 2008
0.05 miles
6
'Permanent' post war B.I.S.F houses on Beech Avenue
The image shows a row of permanent, steel framed British Iron & Steel Houses by British Steel Homes Ltd shortly after WWII. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BISF_house
Post-war shortages of labour and materials are reflected in some of the houses where non-traditional materials and methods of construction were employed. Extensive use was made of the Easiform House, designed and erected by Messrs. John Laing & Son, Ltd. and of the Airey House, both built substantially of concrete.
From: 'Swindon: Growth of the town', A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 9 (1970), pp. 104-119. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol9/pp104-119
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 28 Oct 2009
0.14 miles
8
Looking east along Beech Avenue
Often used as a 'rat run', the extensive traffic calming additions have deterred many.
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 28 Oct 2009
0.16 miles
9
Stream in the Park
The map doesn't show a name for this stream, but the surrounding area is called Rodbourne so that's probably a clue.
A short tributary of the River Ray.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 19 Jan 2020
0.17 miles
10
Junction of Collett Avenue with Northern Road
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 16 Sep 2007
0.19 miles