Geo-Trips :: To the south Midlands
Southam
A drive from Aylesbury, Sun, 17 Oct 2021 by David Howard
Southam is not really on the way to anywhere, at least from London. The road from Banbury onwards was a green gap on my map, so a simple trip straight up the A41, which hardly anyone uses now since the M40 was extended, and turn off to Southam where I'd never been to before. It's a lot smaller than expected, and only took a few minutes from one end to the other, and then carried on to spend some time going around Banbury, where I'd only passed through before on the way to the Midlands, beginning with a very blurred photo of Banbury Cross from a coach window on a school trip to Stratford on Avon in 1969, but what was worse it also blurred a close shot of an Austin A40 and Cortina Mk1, one of very few photos I'd taken that early with cars in them. It must have been getting on to 50 more years before I went back and got a clear photo of it.
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Cottage on Banbury Road, Ladbroke
School Lane at the junction of Banbury Road, Ladbroke
Junction at Deppers Bridge
Harbury Road meets the B4451
St Wulstan Way at the junction of Daventry Road
Coventry Street at the corner of Southam High Street
Merestone Close, Southam
From Coventry Street
Leamington Road at the junction of Banbury Road
Laser Hand Tools on Bourne End, Southam
They make tools for car maintenance https://www.lasertools.co.uk/
Alumet offices on Bourne End, Southam
They specialise in cladding buildings, including this one which was a dull brick... more
Kineton Road, Southam
By the industrial estate
The entrance to Fields Farm, Southam
Harbury Road at the junction of Ladbroke Road
House on Church Road, Ladbroke
Bus stop on Oxford Road, Banbury
Oxford Road, Banbury
My last visit https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6923307
Grass path by Southam Road, Ladbroke
Running behind the parking area.
Field View, Bodicote
It's behind the hedge (the field).
Roundabout on Bankside, Banbury
Houses on Banbury Road, Twyford
Woods by Oxford Road, Bodicote
Kwik Fit on Cherwell Street, Banbury
Businesses on on Cherwell Street, Banbury
Businesses on Cherwell Street, Banbury
Esso petrol station in Baynard's Green
The entrance to Banbury Business Park, Adderbury
The entrance to Banbury Business Park on Aynho Road
Longford Park Road, Bodicote
The building on the right is a school
Songthrush Road from Longford Park Road
Terrace of houses on Longford Park Road, Bodicote
Why so many new houses have to look like Victorian railway cottages is a mystery... more
Hightown Road, Banbury
By the New Foscote Hospital
Swan Close Road at the junction of Lambs Crescent
Used car lot on Upper Windsor Street, Banbury
Marlborough Street from High Street, Banbury
Chapel Lane, Little Bourton
Looking towards the main Southam Road
House on Chapel Lane, Little Bourton
Parking area on Southam Road, Farnborough
Southam Road north of Farnborough
Southam Road north of Farnborough
Layby on Southam Road, Fenny Compton
Layby on Southam Road, Fenny Compton
Horse chestnut tree by Southam Road, Fenny Compton
The Berryfields estate by the A41, Aylesbury
Public toilets at Pioneer Square, Bicester
Parking area on Banbury Road, Caversfield
Parking area on Banbury Road, Caversfield
The A423, Wormleighton
The track heads to a number of farms
Fields by Banbury Road, Wormleighton
Cherry Fields estate, Banbury
On Bourton Road
Southam Road Cemetery, Banbury
Southam Road, Banbury
The cemetery is on the right
A Touch of Furniture on Southam Road, Banbury
Aynho Road
It looks like a full moon
Lone tree on Oxhey Hill, Cropredy
Oxhey Hill at the junction of Claydon Road
Bench on Oxhey Hill, Cropredy
These are very useful, I often look for one around the summer to eat my sandwiches... more
Green island on Claydon Road, Cropredy
Fields by the B4100 near Aynho
Friars Square shopping centre, Aylesbury
Cherry Fields estate by Southam Road, Banbury
Hanwell View estate by Southam Road, Banbury
Layby on Southam Road, Mollington
Layby on Southam Road, Farnborough
Junction on Banbury Road, Wormleighton
Layby on Banbury Road, Ladbroke
Layby on Banbury Road north of Wormleighton
Layby on Banbury Road north of Wormleighton
Wild area by Chapel Lane, Little Bourton
All images © David Howard and available under a Creative Commons licence .