IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Farndale Close, SWINDON, SN2 5DN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Farndale Close, SN2 5DN 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 (19 Images Found)
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Distance
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Junction of Grafton Road with Penhill Drive
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 26 Sep 2011
0.07 miles
3
Cleverton Court, Penhill, Swindon
The title refers to the rather austere block of social housing on the skyline. It is about 8.5 kilometres from the viewpoint at RAF Blakehill nature reserve.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 8 Jul 2020
0.10 miles
5
Don't park and don't ride
Disused Park and Ride facility on Cricklade Road
Image: © Antony Dixon
Taken: 5 Mar 2012
0.15 miles
7
Queensfield and its pub, Swindon
Sadly, the public house in the background is now closed, empty and boarded up. Queensfield itself is a typical 1960s residential development that normally would not generate much news. However, its geographical location is such that it provides an opportunity for 'rat-running' between areas to the west and the east, particularly at peak times. The local authority has introduced temporary bans on through traffic at peak hours, which inevitably pleased some and upset others. At present I'm not sure whether the ban is in place or not http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10350038.Don_t_bring_back_Queensfield_traffic_ban__say_residents/
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.19 miles
8
The Queensfield pub, Queensfield, Swindon
The pub is typical of its age, about 45 years old or thereabouts. Typically also, it is closed, empty and boarded up. It has had a chequered history in the last 4 years or so. It closed some time before 2009 then re-opened in March of that year http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/4239602.Queensfield_pub_reopens_in_Swindon_with_Easter_raffle/ Then it closed again in September 2011 http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9257895.Last_orders_for_popular_publican/ It must have subsequently re-opened because in June 2013 it closed yet again http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10460241.Upper_Stratton_local_closes_yet_again/?ref=ar The last mention so far is December 2013 when it appears that the pub will be demolished to make way for new housing http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10903381.New_homes_may_be_built_on_site_of_pub/
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2014
0.19 miles
9
Site of the Queensfield pub, Queensfield, Swindon
The failed pub seen here two years ago Image has been demolished. No-one seems to have mourned its passing. The site will probably be used for new housing.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 21 Feb 2016
0.19 miles
10
Electrification store, former Park-and-Ride, Cricklade Road
Former Park-and-Ride Image] being used to store equipment for railway electrification.
Image: © Vieve Forward
Taken: 13 Sep 2015
0.19 miles