2012

SO8864 : Farmers Way looking west, Westlands, Droitwich Spa

taken 11 years ago, near to Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England

Farmers Way looking west, Westlands, Droitwich Spa
Farmers Way looking west, Westlands, Droitwich Spa
Farmers Way connects the main road through the Westlands estate, Westwood Road, with the estate's centre. However there is not a great deal to get excited about at the centre, as the number of facilities it offers are surprisingly limited for an estate of this size. It does however have two fish & chip shops, both of which were closed despite it being a Saturday lunchtime. The only places open at that time appeared to be the local pub, and the Costcutters supermarket.

The estate originally housed many people who worked for the former British Leyland, later Rover Group etc, motor car works at Longbridge, Birmingham. Access to this was relatively easy by using the nearby A38 road. The declining factory finally closed in 2005. The estate was originally called Boycott after a local land-owning family but later was renamed Westlands.

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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Westlands Housing Estate [6] · Estate's Centre [4] · Supermarket [2] · Westwood Road [2] ·
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SO8864, 43 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
P L Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 3 November, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 4 November, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 887 641 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:16.5283N 2:9.9870W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 888 641
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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