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View along the Cricklade Road
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 26 Sep 2011
0.10 miles
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Open Space by Cricklade Road
A bit of suburban park viewed from a footbridge over Cricklade Road.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 19 Jan 2020
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Petrol station forecourt on the A311 Cricklade Road
Image: © Nick Smith
Taken: 26 Sep 2011
0.12 miles
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Footbridge over Cricklade Road Swindon
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 14 Sep 2013
0.13 miles
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Footbridge over Cricklade Road
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 4 Sep 2010
0.16 miles
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St Peter's Church Penhill
The church in now 50 years old; construction having started in 1955 it was opened on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1956.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 4 Nov 2006
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St Peter's Church Penhill
St. Peter's was designed by the architect, Oswald Breakspeare. Although the church is only 50 years old, the church bell dates from 1738.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 4 Nov 2006
0.17 miles
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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
0.17 miles
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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
0.17 miles
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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
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