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Ken Savage Close, SWINDON, SN3 3ED

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.

South from the junction with Naunton Road.

There is an OS benchmark Image on the corner (right hand face) of the near house

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm55682

Buckhurst Crescent, like the majority of roads in Walcot, is named after a famous Elizabethan figure, in this case Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset also known as Lord Buckhurst http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sackville,_1st_Earl_of_Dorset Many of the tenants have benefited from the 'right to buy' legislation of the 1980s and on becoming owner-occupiers made improvements to their homes, some of which are visible in this image. 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.

A complex logo. Shame about the graffiti.

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 Image

This large area of open space separates the municipal housing estates of Walcot, where the viewpoint is, and Park North, the houses in the distance, which are in Chickerell Road. The open space is used for occasional open-air events.

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.

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 Image