2022

SP3781 : Woodway Walk, Henley Green

taken 1 year ago, near to Walsgrave on Sowe, Coventry, England

Woodway Walk, Henley Green
Woodway Walk, Henley Green
Houses on Woodway Walk can be seen from the green space of the Potters Green corridor. The Woodway Lane estate of council housing at Henley Green was built in 1962-4 by the Midlands Housing Consortium to designs by Fred Lloyd Roche, who had worked under Arthur Ling, the city architect of Coventry. For more information, see the Historic England e-publication Coventry: The making of a modern city 1939-73 by Jeremy Gould & Caroline Gould, pp93-96 LinkExternal link .

The estate, like many in Coventry, was built on the Radburn system, named after the New Jersey town where it was pioneered in 1929. In this design, houses front onto traffic-free paths connected by greens, while garages are provided in cul-de-sac roads nearby. The Goulds comment that, "The houses drew consistent praise from the architectural press for their design and economy. The tenants criticised the poor soundproofing, lack of storage, tiny gardens and
inadequate heating but their children were happy playing on the roads leaving the traffic-free greens almost unused."

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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Suburb, Urban fringe Former: Council Housing Housing: Terraced Primary Subject: Housing Estate other tags: Council Housing Radburn Housing System Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Other Photos: · Buttermere Close, Binley · Out of the woods, Woodway Park ·
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A J Paxton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 9 October, 2022   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 9 October, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3742 8156 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:25.8447N 1:27.0638W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3741 8155
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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