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Churston Road, BRIXHAM, TQ5 0HZ

At the end of this road, it is designated one way to prevent traffic from getting access to the main road into Brixham as the corner is very difficult to negotiate, the traffic flows fast and the road is narrow. It has made it much quieter for residents.

On the extreme left are the estate cottages https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1292954 shown in Image Past the white house are four more estate cottages https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1298245 . The modern houses to the right are on Ferrers Green.

In 2009 there was a call for a railway line to Brixham to be reopened http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8099912.stm , although as Image points out, there would be difficulties in using the previous route. This bridge still looks pretty solid, though.

The eastern end of the field shown in Image], again with houses on Ferrers Green, from the path shown in Image

Northerly view along the main residential road in this village

This new track enables cyclists to avoid the very busy and fast main road into Brixham, which is below on the right of this picture. Some controversy has been generated by a local landowner who offered part of a field for the track at no cost to the Council in return for planning permission. This was not accepted and the landowner has now claimed that the cost of the new track was excessive and unnecessary. There is no doubt that this new short stretch off the road is a great improvement for cyclists and likely to encourage new ones.

Alston Lane meets the A3002 Brixham Road; on the other side is Churston Road. The pair of houses on the left are shown in Image] https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1195182 ; beyond is West Terrace, the row of six cottages https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1292954 shown in Image The John Musgrave Heritage Trail goes past.

"Pair of cottages built as a single range. Probably C18/C19 remodelling of an earlier building ... The building occupies an important corner site, relating to groups of listed buildings in both Brixham and Churston Roads. It is shown as a single house on the Churston Ferrers tithe map of 1839" https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1195182 . On the left is the A3022.

This new off-road cycle path, rising up to the left in the picture, enables Brixham residents to cycle out of Brixham and back (this shows the way back) in reasonable safety. It is well landscaped, too. No traffic at 8 a.m. on a Sunday, but usually there is a constant stream of traffic travelling at speed. I see the cycle track as the route for the future - no fossil fuel used for short to medium journeys, just calories burned and health enhanced. Back to the future.

The Church at Churston can be seen in the distance from under this railway bridge. The "disused railway", discontinued in the Age of Beeching when the car was going to take over the earth...., used to take travellers right into Brixham from all corners of the land. How useful it would be now to see trains running from Brixham to Torquay, Newton Abbot, Exeter and beyond. All these "local" destinations (Exeter is about 25 miles from here) are largely achieved by cars and the Council has been encouraging motorists to share their cars for years, but we are all addicted, it seems. This railway could not be re-opened, as housing has been built on part of its old course.