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A drive through Newquay

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A drive through Ipswich

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A drive through Cromer

5:55

A drive through Bournemouth

6:57

A drive through Kings Lynn

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A drive through Hungerford

Hungerford is a Berkshire town near the Wiltshire border 60 miles west of London. About 6,000 people live here. The drive was filmed from 7.15 am on Thursday August 15th 2024.
The drive starts at the main roundabout at the north of the town and follows Charnham Street westwards to the edge of the town. It then restarts at Charnham Street's mini-roundabout and heads south along the High Street which becomes Salisbury Road until just before the southern mini-roundabout. The drive then restarts at the mini-roundabout in the centre of the High Street where it turns off into Park Street and then into Station Road where the railway station is beside the level crossing. When that clears we turn l...

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6:54

A drive through Truro

Просмотров 843 месяца назад

Truro is the southernmost city in the UK with a population of about 25,000. This was filmed on Friday May 24th at 9am. The drive starts on Campfield Hill on the north-east side of the city at the end of which we turn right on to the road works on St Clement Street. At the roundabout we turn left into Union Street and follow the one way signs into Castle Street. We then turn right into Frances S...

6:04

A drive through Newquay

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Newquay is an attractive resort on the north Cornwall coast with sandy beaches and strong waves from the Atlantic Ocean which make it the surf capital of the UK. About 25,000 people live here. I have a friend, now 96, who met her future husband there in the 1940's. This was filmed on Friday May 24th 2024 at 11.30. The drive starts in Tower Road, at the roundabout it briefly goes into North Quay...

6:39

A drive through Ipswich

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Ipswich is the largest town in Suffolk. It is 67 miles north-east of London and about 180,000 people live here. The video was filmed at 2.30 on June 9th 2023. The drive starts by the railway station (on the left) in Burrell Road and turns right into Princes Street. This crosses the River Orwell and, after a brief detour to avoid its buses only section, continues past Portman Road on the left. A...

5:55

A drive through Cromer

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Cromer is a Norfolk town 116 miles north of London with a population of about 8,000. The trip was made at 4.40 on a warm October 10 2023. The drive starts on the south east side of Cromer in Cliff Drive. When we reach Overstrand Road we skip to the end of it by Church Street and turn left into Mount Street at the start of the one way system. This becomes Louden Road at the end of which we bear ...

6:57

A drive through Bournemouth

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The video was filmed on a warm, sunny end of season day (Monday September 25th 2023) not long after midday. The trip starts on East Overcliff Drive which becomes Russell Cotes Road where it turns away from the sea. We then turn left into Bath Road which passes the Ferris Wheel becoming Exeter Road. At the grandly named Bournemouth International Centre roundabout, Exeter Road continues right and...

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A drive through Kings Lynn

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Kings Lynn is a historic town of about 45,000 people just south of The Wash in west Norfolk. The drive was filmed from 1pm on August 9th 2023. The A148 runs north/south through the town and the drive starts by turning westwards off it into Millfleet by the library. At the roundabout it bears left into Boal Street which becomes South Quay and follows the River Great Ouse northwards. Moving away ...

6:35

A drive through Canterbury

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Canterbury is a city in Kent with a population of about 60,000 people. The drive was filmed on Tuesday July 25 2023 just after 4pm. It starts at the Wincheap roundabout by the castle ruins on the south side of the city and goes as far as one can along Castle Street. We then get another view of the Cathedral from Victoria Row on the east side. Nearby at Northgate we turn left along Kingsmead Roa...

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A drive through Oxted

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Oxted is a small town of about 12,000 people in south-east Surrey. The trip starts on Snatts Hill just off the A25 which gave its name to the M25 but isn't a busy, noisy road. At the shops the road becomes Station Road East and we follow that to the mini roundabout at its end where we turn left into Bluehouse Lane. We go under the railway bridge ignoring the left turn to the station for the mom...

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A drive through Epsom

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Epsom is a town in mid Surrey known for its racecourse and the Derby. About 82,000 live in the borough. Unlike most local councils it has never merged with any others and is substantially the same, size wise, as it was in the 19th century. The video was filmed on Friday July 7 2023 at 2pm and 2.30pm. The drive starts on the A24 in East Street just before the shops start. After the railway bridg...

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A drive through Clacton-on-Sea

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This video was filmed on Friday June 9th 2023 around 11am. Clacton-on-Sea is a seaside resort of 57,000 people on the Essex coast 77 miles north-east of Central London. The drive starts in Anglefield on the east side of the town and approaches the sea. Pausing the video while viewing the sea at this point reveals the offshore wind farm. We turn right onto Marine Parade East. Passing the Pavilio...

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A drive through Pagham

Просмотров 987Год назад

Pagham is a small popular holiday resort on the south coast of Sussex, west of Bognor Regis and east of Pagham Harbour and Selsey. The video was filmed on Thursday May 18 2023 around 4pm. It starts at Church Farm a large mobile home site and then moves on to show the 'Town Centre', 12 or so shops. Many years ago the last one was a Barclays Bank. We then approach the sea passing the Amusement Ar...

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A drive through Penzance

Просмотров 835Год назад

Penzance is at the south-westerly tip of mainland Great Britain and has a population of about 21,000. A ferry from here serves the Scilly Isles (taking 2 hours 40 mins). This trip was filmed on Friday September 16 2022 at 10.30. It starts next to Penzance station and heads along Wharf Road and The Quay with Penzance Harbour on the left. The road becomes Battery Road and then Western Promenade w...

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A drive through Llandudno

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Llandudno on the north Wales coast is largest seaside town in Wales. About 20,000 people live here. This was filmed on Friday August 5 2022 at 2.35. The drive starts in Conway Road at the west end of the shopping centre and crosses into Vaughan Street which leads to the sea front. There we turn left into Gloddaeth Crescent and follow the coastline around the bay. The road name becomes St George...

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A drive through Prestatyn

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August 5 2022 at 1.38. Prestatyn is a seaside resort on the east end of the north Wales coast. Nearly 20,000 people live here. It still has a Pontins, just around the corner at the end, which I didn't film as it looked so run down. The drive starts in Nant Hall Road near the town centre and turns left into the High Street heading south. At the end of that it turns right into Meliden Road and th...