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Woodland View, SWINDON, SN4 9AA

The black king is in check to the white knight and the white pawn but I don't think the battle's over just yet. The king's queen is still in play.

The pub is owned by Fullers and the tenancy is available. There is an open day here tomorrow if anyone's interested in running the pub. The M4 motorway is just behind the bushes in the background.

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The pub has been renamed in recent years. It used to be called The Black Horse. In the days before the M4 opened in the early 1970s Woodland View was part of Croft Road, the main route south from Swindon towards Avebury and Devizes. The construction of the motorway provided the opportunity to divert the main road, widening it and removing a bend. The old stretch of Croft Road is now in two cul de sacs either side of the motorway of which this is the southern section. The pub sits almost on the top of the cutting through which the motorway passes.

On Woodland View.

In the days before the M4 opened in the early 1970s Woodland View was part of Croft Road, the main route south from Swindon towards Avebury and Devizes. The construction of the motorway provided the opportunity to divert the main road, widening it and removing a bend. The old stretch of Croft Road is now in two cul de sacs either side of the motorway of which this is the southern section. The view direction is towards the junction of Woodland View with the original main road. This is one of the few roads in the area that weren't photographed by the Google Streetview car.

This image provides another look at the unusual flat-roofed house seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1959884 In the days before the M4 opened in the early 1970s Woodland View was part of Croft Road, the main route south from Swindon towards Avebury and Devizes. The construction of the motorway provided the opportunity to divert the main road, widening it and removing a bend. The old stretch of Croft Road is now in two cul de sacs either side of the motorway of which this is the southern section. The Google Streetview car didn't trouble to photograph this stretch of road.

The property just to the right of centre is relatively unusual locally in having a flat roof. That feature is uncommon largely because they do need regular maintenance to stop them leaking in the rather damp British climate. In the days before the M4 opened in the early 1970s Woodland View was part of Croft Road, the main route south from Swindon towards Avebury and Devizes. The construction of the motorway provided the opportunity to divert the main road, widening it and removing a bend. The old stretch of Croft Road is now in two cul de sacs either side of the motorway of which this is the southern section. The motorway is about 90 metres away in the direction of view hidden from sight in a cutting.