Watnall - The Village
w/e 19 July 2020
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
Watnall is an area to the north of and adjacent to
Kimberley and Nuthall. Expansion from the original villages means
that they all tend to merge into one larger settlement. All the
images below were taken in a roughly triangular area bounded
by Trough Road, Holly Road and along Main Road.
We parked on Trough Road and walked across an open area of parkland
between Trough Road and Holly Road known as Watnall Green.
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We continued along Holly Road to the junction of Main Road where
we would eventually turn to the north but a little way down Main
Road southwards is the large Hovis Bakery. Many years ago I remember
this being the Blanchards Bakery but Blanchards bread is now
long gone.
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Whereas west of Main Road is residential with a few small business,
the land to the east is occupied mainly by industrial and business
concerns although some of it is devoted to the Watnall Allotments.
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Next to the allotments are the premises that are familiar to
anyone with an interest in the weather forecast for the is the
home of the Watnall Meteorological Station.
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A Commercial Vehicle Testing Station stands next and on the other
side of the road is one of the village pubs, The Royal Oak.
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Also opposite is the Watnall WI Hall which today is home to the
Watnall Pre-School group.
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We continued along Main Road and a little way beyond the junction
with Trough Road is another pub, this one being The Queen's Head.
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Across from The Queen's Head is an estate that was developed
in or around the 1970s on land that was once the grounds of,
and the site of the former Watnall Hall.
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Returning to Trough Road we walked back to the car and had a
brief look in Watnall Spinney on the way. This is a Nature Reserve
that contains a small pond.
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There is also an impressive wood carving in the spinney but it
proved difficult to get a good shot of it due to there being
a fence on the left and I would have fallen in the pond if I
moved any further to the right.I made do with some closer shots
to show the detail.
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