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The view from
Angel Lane whets our appetite for what is to come when we round the Post
Office corner into Coppice Street.
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The ‘Rear End’ of Tesco Stores,
Angel Lane Shaftesbury
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Coppice Street -
The façade of Tesco’s, in the Postmodern ‘Toy-Town
Revival’ style, offers little to please the eye; very incongruous
in a Saxon hill top market town.
From here we take the A30 up to Ivy Cross.
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Tesco Stores Coppice St. Shaftesbury Dorset
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Ivy Cross
– The Johnson-Baker building, another of Shaftesbury’s more
prominent architectural curiosities.
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The Johnson-Baker Building, Ivy Cross, Shaftesbury Dorset
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Ivy Cross North
East - we are in time to catch the ‘Time Team’ putting a
trench across the site of the old Esso Petrol Station. We wait with bated breath.
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Ivy Cross,
Shaftesbury Dorset
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A peek behind
the scenes on our way to Barton Hill.
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Barton Hill
Shaftesbury Dorset
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Barton Hill - destined to become a car park.
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Barton Hill
Shaftesbury Dorset
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A little further on, and now is the time to take a quiet
break in the Queen Mother’s Garden; to reflect on all we have seen
so far.
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The Queen Mother’s Garden, Shaftesbury
Dorset
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No visit to Shaftesbury
would be complete without a walk along Park Walk. Park walk offers panoramic views over
the Blackmore Vale, including the Guy’s Marsh H.M. Prison and Young
Offenders Institute.
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View from Park Walk to Guy’s Marsh HMP
& YOI, Shaftesbury Dorset
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It is well
worthwhile taking the diversion down Stoney Path to St. James to see the
Church. This ends our tour.
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St. James Church, Shaftesbury Dorset
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