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Penn Road, WD24 4BY

A batching plant precisely mixes the raw materials of concrete ready for delivery to a construction site by a truck mounted transit mixer. London Concrete's batching plants are all deliberately built next to railways to allow the delivery of the raw material aggregates by rail rather than by road, thus reducing the number of lorry movements. This one is located in the sidings to the north of Watford Junction station. The railway line in the near foreground though is the single track branch line to St Albans Abbey. This photograph was taken from the station car park. London Concrete's website is here http://www.london-concrete.com/index.html

Taken from the northern end of platform 9.

These premises stand on the corner of St Alban's Road and Leavesden Road and were opened as a bus garage in 1920 by the London General Omnibus Company. By 1952 the garage had become surplus to operating requirements and was closed that year by London Transport. Seen here is the part of the former garage that faces Leavesden Road.

Situated on the A412 St Albans Road WD24 5BD, this building was originally a Primitive Methodist Church which opened in May 1898 and became North Watford Methodist Church. However in 1971, it merged with Harebreaks Methodist Church, TQ1098 refers, and moved to that Church in Harebreaks a short distance away. Subsequently, it became Watford Elim Church, a Pentecostal Church. Early Service takes place here each Sunday at 9.00am, whilst Morning Celebration with Sunday School and Creche is held at 11.00am the same day. Evening Celebration is held here on Sundays at 6.00pm. The blue noticeboard has the following wording "EXPECT THE MIRACULOUS just one encounter with Jesus will change your life for ever".

This pub is in St Albans Road and was until recently The Stag as evidenced by the carving over the closed corner door. The pub dates from 1850 and was previously named the Bricklayers Arms and then the Queens Bays. The half-timbered building beyond is also a pub, now known as The Champions, but once The Leviathan and before that The Leviathan Steamer. It dates from 1839.

Situated in Leavesden Road near St Albans Road, this bus garage was opened on the 25th August 1920 by the London General Omnibus Company to operate bus services in the Watford area. However, it closed on the 17th June 1952 when LGOC's successor London Transport opened the bus garage at Garston, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4622491 refers. Since then, it has been used for other purposes, but now it has been sold for redevelopment.

This photo, taken from Leavesden Road WD24 5ED, shows the rear entrance to Watford Elim Church which leads into the Church Hall. The wording in italics on the blue board above the entrance says "Come & experience the presence & power of God".