Here are some assorted pictures of streets here and there in or near Loughborough.
 |
| Rupert Brooke Road, in Thorpe Acre, was built in the early 1950s as part of the Knightthorpe Estate, and the road is named after the poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915). To the left is the end of Knightthorpe Road and to the right is Thorpe Hill. (10/20) |
 |
| Burton Street. The painted Georgian house in the centre looks way nicer than its dull-looking neighbour. (11/20) |
 |
| Castledine Street. This roughly 250-metre long private road (that's better than a few other private roads I've seen in town) has some interesting looking houses, as well as a strange octagonal garage and a plaque marking the location of the residence of the suffragettes Kathleen and Nora Corcoran. (11/20) |
 |
| Garton Road. In the distance is Our Lady's Convent, belonging to the Rosminian order (The Sisters of Providence). The building itself looks surprisingly modern (as I'm sure it is) for a nunnery. (11/20) |
 |
| Ledbury Road, with a nice view of the rolling Charnwood countryside. (6/21) |
 |
| Belvoir Drive, looking east. (Some say that the name Belvoir isn't pronounced bell-vwar but rather bee-vur. I'm not convinced; personally, I think someone didn't know his French!) (6/21) |
 |
| Belvoir Drive, looking downhill towards Valley Road from the top of Croome Close. (6/21) |
 |
Blackbrook Road. Two quick observations:
1) Those houses look rather the same as each other; see what I mean?
2) Blackbrook Road isn't actually particularly close to the Blackbrook; at its closest proximity, the road and its namesake are about half a mile apart from each other. Not very close. (2/21) |
 |
| The Widon. I do so wonder what the name of this road actually means! (2/21) |
 |
| Brook Lane. The Brook Lane housing estate near Nanpantan, built in the 1990s, has the atmosphere of a small, quaint village; note the liberal use of hedges and other greenery and the green corridor along the Wood Brook as well as the pair of informal-looking stone bridges on The Widon and Brook Lane (also see above). (2/21) |
 |
| And finally, Frederick Street. In the distance is the United Reformed Church and The Old Arts College Co Work office complex. (2/21) |
Comments