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Footpath and Cycleway
Quite a lot of off-road routes for walkers and cyclists have been provided around here.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 19 Jan 2020
0.04 miles
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Aldbourne Close, Penhill, Swindon
The bridge providing the viewpoint is at the northern limit of the 1950s estate but is rather newer. The houses providing the title are those to the right. Out of shot to the left is the southern edge of the northern development area.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.05 miles
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Staverton Way, Penhill, Swindon
Staverton Way leads north from Westwood Road. It contains a mix of terraced houses and maisonettes within a three-storey block, seen at the right. Penhill is typical of mid 20th century municipal housing estates to be found in many parts of the UK.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.06 miles
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Pylon and Small Tree
Several strips of undeveloped land are to be found in this area. Possibly thought too steep to build on, they provide a bit of open space for local residents.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 19 Jan 2020
0.07 miles
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Westwood Road, Penhill, Swindon
The street-naming theme in Penhill is Wiltshire towns and villages. Westwood is a village near the county border with Bath and North-East Somerset. The three-storey block at the left contains quite roomy maisonettes. Penhill has benefited from a mid-life update carried out by the Council as can be seen from the external appearance of the block.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.09 miles
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Glebe Close, Swindon
This is the interface between the 1950s housing estate of Penhill, out of shot to the right, and the 1990s northern development area.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.10 miles
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Thresher Drive, Swindon
Image: © Alan Hughes
Taken: 13 Jul 2022
0.13 miles
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Foot and cycle path, near Glebe Close, Swindon
The path marks the southern edge of the northern development area of Swindon. This view is facing west.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.14 miles
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Houses in Ramsbury Avenue, Penhill, Swindon
These terraced houses are at the higher end of the avenue which drops down from here into a small valley to the north.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.15 miles
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A closer look at houses in Ramsbury Avenue, Penhill, Swindon
Using the zoom feature of my camera reveals little signs of these modern times. Satellite TV dishes are everywhere now beaming the dirty digger's output into homes the world over. The deployment of a CCTV camera on a modest terraced house tells us much about the fear of crime nowadays. Neither feature was in anyone's mind when the estate was developed over 50 years ago.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Oct 2008
0.15 miles