Game: Name that road!

[ColinJ]

Runs away to google demolition works in Andover

Runs away to Google 'Brutal concrete, the style that architectural taste forgot'!

 

[Aravis]

is that car still on street view? It might be Volvo Amazon?

I think it's probably one of these, with an external sun visor. I'll see if I can get a bit more detail:

 

[T4tomo]

you might be right, rear boot line sops bit more on an Amazon

 

[T4tomo]

Peugeot 403? Isn't that what Colombo used to drive?

Correct, in 2 door drop top guise

not a patch on a P1800 though....baggy brown mac vs sharp suit sophistication

 

[Mr Celine]

Rear wheel arch is wrong. Flat topped arch partially covering the wheel - Mark 1 Ford Zodiac?

 

[youngoldbloke]

Ford Prefect?

 

[youngoldbloke]

I actually owned one...

 

[Aravis]

Very little to add to that Mr D other than that I think the white car is already on the roundabout.

On this thread I've generally used the "cool" reaction option to indicate that the poster was warm. I've just realised how confusing that could be.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

There are HV transmission lines in the picture.

Here's Andover on OS with the same highlighted.

I can't see the location but perhaps others can, or Andover is a red herring.

 

[Willd]

The big island in the middle has power lines running over it, probably no longer a pylon on the island itself?

 

[lazybloke]

Over and over does seem like a strong clue. I thought it meant above (ie north of) Andover, or possibly on Andover Road.
There are hills to the west of Andover that seem to match the photo, but i can't be certain.

Andover has changed a great deal, anyone found old maps?
I did wonder if those awful buildings were nearby barracks.

If not Andover itself then it could be looking in the direction of Andover from some distance away.
Back to work....

 

[Aravis]

Here's Andover in approximately 1947, also from OS. Something from the early 1970s would be very useful:

You are all working along the right lines!

 

[T4tomo]

I'm struggling to find a view over andover and a pilon or two and a road that would have been big enough to have roundabout like that in 1967, however the A303 will have changed a lot since then

 

[lazybloke]

Work along the lines?

 

[Mr Celine]

Best the NLS can do is this 6" map published 1968.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/189244206

Can't find anything that definitely matches on streetview though.