Geo-Trips :: South Essex villages
Ingatestone
A drive from Finchley, Sun, 1 Jan 2023 by David Howard
After bursting a tyre in a pothole on New Year's day my planned trip to Cambridgeshire was delayed till the following week as I couldn't go too far without carrying a spare just in case. I began by taking my Geograph New Year's day picture in Finchley while I bought some lunch, and aimed for Eastern Avenue to head north from Romford.
The weather was quite good, dry and not too cold, and I covered the patch from there to Ingatestone where I hadn't covered before. As it got dark early I turned back towards Ongar as it was too late to aim anywhere else but because of Christmas lights managed some nice views of them while it was getting dark. I always find alternate plans where one is stopped for any reason, such as heavy rain, travel problems and the like, and save the longer ones for better conditions.
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Electricity transformer on Regents Park Road, Finchley
2023 new year's day photo, taken around 2.15PM.
Regents Park Road, Finchley
The entrance to Upper Bedfords Farm, Harold Hill
Lower Bedfords Road, Harold Hill
Coxtie Green Road at the end of Chequers Road
Houses in South Weald
On the corner of Weald Road and Wigley Bush Lane
Weald Road, Brentwood
Ongar Road at the junction of High Street, Brentwood
Chelmsford Road, Shenfield
The Cricketers, Mill Green
House on Ingatestone Road, High Woods
Ingatestone Road at the junction of Highwood Road
Fingrith Hall Lane, Blackmore
At the junction of Redrose Lane
Rookery Road at the junction of Chelmsford Road
House & Jackson Veterinary Hospital, Nine Ashes
Pond on Rookery Road, Nine Ashes
Chelmsford Road at the junction of Mill Lane
High Ongar Primary School
Cucina Italia Restaurant, High Ongar
The Street, High Ongar
The Street, High Ongar
The Foresters Arms, High Ongar
The Street, High Ongar
BP garage on the Four Wantz Roundabout, Ongar
Wantz means ways in Old English... more
Budworth Hall, Ongar
Budworth Hall, Ongar
Romford Road, Hainault
By Hainault Country Park
Romford Road, Hainault
New Housing on Noak Hill Road, Harold Hill
This is a typical old Essex design of wood panelling.
Coxtie Green Road near Noak Hill
Tudor house on Weald Road, St Vincent's Hamlet
Weald Road entering South Weald
Thatched bungalow on Weald Road, South Weald
Derelict pub in South Weald
This was the Tower Arms, and has been empty since soon after 2012.
Green in Mountnessing
From Thoby Lane looking towards Roman Road.
Thoby Lane, Mountnessing
At the junction of St Anne's Road
Farm track off Thoby Lane, Mountnessing
Thoby Lane, Swallows Cross
Gate on Thoby Lane, Swallows Cross
Mountnessing Road approaching Blackmore
Blackmore Road south of Blackmore
Sandford Paddocks, Blackmore
This is a development of nine houses built in 2019.
Havering Road, Collier Row
House on Havering Road, Chase Cross
Noak Hill Road, Harold Hill
Noak Hill Road
Noak Hill Road
House on Weald Road, South Weald
Weald Road, Brentwood
Western Road, Brentwood
Shenfield Road
Chelmsford Road, Shenfield
Looking towards Shenfield High School
Chelmsford Road, Shenfield
Chelmsford Road, Hutton
Chelmsford Road, Hutton
Roman Road, Mountnessing
Traditional telegraph pole on Roman Road, Mountnessing
Mountnessing Road north of Mountnessing
Blackmore Road south of Blackmore
Christmas baubles on Blackmore Road
Green Street, St Leonards
House on Blackmore Road, Fryerning
House entrance on Blackmore Road, Fryerning
Green in Fryerning
Hardings Lane, Mill Green
Mill Green Road
On Millgreen Common
Ingatestone Road, Mill Green
In Stoneymore Wood
Blackmore Road, High Woods
Blackmore Road east of Blackmore
Parsons Spring woodland
New houses in Nine Ashes
This was a farm until about ten years ago.
Rookery Road, Nine Ashes
This is the side of a house on the corner of Nine Ashes Road.
The entrance to Chevers Hall, High Ongar
On Chelmsford Road
Chelmsford Road, High Ongar
Pole Cat Cross, Blackmore
Chelmsford Road, Blackmore
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