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Housing on Dacre Road
There is an OS benchmark
Image on the corner (right hand face) of the near house
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 13 Apr 2015
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Benchmark on 29 Dacre Road
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm55682
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 13 Apr 2015
0.06 miles
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Site of University of Bath in Swindon, Marlowe Avenue, Swindon
In 1960 on this site a brand new grammar school opened called Park Grammar School. It became a comprehensive in the mid 1960s called variously Park Senior High, Park School and Oakfield. It closed in 2000 and was then re-opened as an outpost of the University of Bath. They closed their operations here in 2008 and the building remained empty until it was demolished recently so that business rates could be avoided. See
Image for a wider view. Visible in the background is this building
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Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.09 miles
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Entrance signage, Univ. of Bath in Swindon
A complex logo. Shame about the graffiti.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 7 Jan 2007
0.10 miles
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Frobisher Drive, Walcot, Swindon
Leading away from the viewpoint is Frobisher Drive. The roads in Walcot are named after famous figures from the Elizabethan age, in this case, Sir Martin Frobisher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Frobisher
NOTE. This image has a detailed ‘shared description’ which you won’t see by viewing this image on a slideshow. To read it click on the image.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.10 miles
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Courtenay Road, Walcot East, Swindon
South from the junction with Naunton Road.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 14 Jul 2022
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University Of Bath in Swindon, Marlowe Avenue, Swindon
This building started life in 1960 as Park Grammar School. In 1964 grammar schools in the Borough of Swindon were abolished and the school went comprehensive, first as Park Senior High, then Park School and eventually Oakfield School. The school closed in 2000 and the building subsequently occupied as an outpost of the University of Bath until 2008. The houses at left of the image are also in Marlowe Avenue.
Update Jan 2010: The building has recently been demolished
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Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 7 Jan 2007
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Site of University of Bath in Swindon, Marlowe Avenue, Swindon
On the site behind the blue fence once stood the building occupied most recently by the University of Bath as seen in this image from three years ago
Image The building had been left empty for over a year and possession reverted to Swindon Borough Council. The council demolished it to avoid paying business rates on it.
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 2 Jan 2010
0.11 miles
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Building site off Marlowe Avenue, Walcot East
New housing on what appears to have been open land.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 14 Jul 2022
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Swindog No. 5: Home Is Where The Dog Is
Part of the Big Dog Art Trail around Swindon, this one is in the Oakfield Development.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 13 Aug 2023
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