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Benfleet: Downer Road North
A road named after me! (Joking, of course.) The building with the skip in the car park is an eye clinic.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 13 Sep 2008
0.07 miles
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Aerial view of the bottom of Bread-and-Cheese Hill, Benfleet
The road running across the image, just below centre, is the A13 (London Road). At the left there is an incline known as the Bread-and-Cheese Hill. This hill can be seen from the bottom in
Image The roads running north from the London Road are Spencer Road (extreme left), Stanley Road, Downer Road North and Rhoda Road North. The roads to the south are (from the left) Felstead Road, Downer Road and Rhoda Road (unmade, amid scrubland). The road running obliquely from centre-left to above centre is Thundersley Church Road. The woodland at centre-left is Coombe Wood.
Image: © Edward Clack
Taken: 8 May 1987
0.07 miles
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Indian Restaurant, South Benfleet
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 23 Aug 2022
0.08 miles
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Closed Shops on London Road
Near cross roads junction of Kent's Hill Road.
Image: © Oast House Archive
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
0.09 miles
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London Road (A13) and Kents Hill Road junction, New Thundersley
The A13 is one of the main roads between London and Southend. The main junction in the picture is Kents Hill Rd, where the bus is turning. The flat-topped building on the corner, to the left of the bus, was then a doctor's surgery and is now a veterinary surgery. The buildings above and below the junction (on the picture) are shops.
Image: © Edward Clack
Taken: 11 Sep 1987
0.11 miles
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Benfleet Veterinary Surgery
This lies on Kents Hill Rd, just north of the junction with the A13 (London Rd).
Image: © John Rostron
Taken: 25 Sep 2009
0.12 miles
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Images of the sun during the Eclipse of 1999
In Essex, the eclipse of August 11th was only partial. Near the maximum, the sun was filtering through the foliage of trees in my garden to create a series of images of the partially eclised sun.
Image: © John Rostron
Taken: 11 Aug 1999
0.13 miles
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Junction of London Road and Kents Hill Rd, Benfleet
This junction offers a range of local shops. Visible here are a Chinese take-away, a locksmith and a small garden centre. London is off to the right.
Image: © John Rostron
Taken: 30 Sep 2009
0.13 miles
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Butcher's Broom in suburbia
Butcher's broom is a member of the lily family despite its appearance. The spiky-looking leaves are actually flattened stems (cladodes). It is a characteristic species of ancient woodlands (rather than suburban gardens), so I was rather surprised to find it growing in the rather stony soil between our house and next door. I would like to think that it was there as a hangover from the days when south-east Essex was covered in ancient wildwood. However, it probably was bird-sown, the birds being fond of those juicy-looking berries. There are ancient woodlands within a few hundred metres of our garden.
Image: © John Rostron
Taken: 31 Oct 2009
0.13 miles
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Maharajah Indian Restaurant, London Road, Benfleet
Image: © John Rostron
Taken: 4 Nov 2010
0.13 miles