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#everysinglestreet [29/12/20] All the roads in Lee Park

Graham Holland

Stats

  • Tuesday 29th December 2020
  • 29 streets – Aston Road, Bardon Close, Beechill Close, Cadnam Road, Chardstock Drive, Churchfield Road, Dinaro Close, Fordcombe Road, Jones Farm Road, Lee Hall Road, Lee Park Avenue, Lee Vale Road, Lenton Road, Lulworth Road, Marsham Road, Martland Road, Poppleford Close, Ringway Road, Run-on Road, St Stephens Close, Tedburn Close, Topsham Close, Torcross Way, Vicarage Lawn, Westbrook Road, Widmore Road, Wimbald Close, Woodlee Road, Winfrith Road
  • Total: 2,410 (42.86%)
  • Remaining: 3,184

Notes

Lee Park is a housing estate sandwiched between Netherley, Belle Vale and Gateacre. It’s bordered by Childwall Valley Road, Belle Vale Road, Kings Drive, and Lee Vale Road.

The Bridge Inn on Childwall Valley Road is abandoned. I’m guessing someone will buy it and build apartments. Further along is Belle Vale Police Station. I’ve been to the custody suite quite a few times in the past as I was a volunteer for their identity parade lineups. Just along from that is the new Fire Station which replaced the old red bricked building.

Made from reinforced concrete and red sandstone, the Lee Park Obelisk was erected in the 1960s when the estate was built. It’s known as a gateway structure, marking the entrance to the new estate although the sign saying ‘Lee Park Estate’ is long gone. The three gaps originally had seats in them, and two of the three circles at the front had trees with the raised circle hosting a lamp post. I’ve managed to track down a photo where someone has recreated what it used to look like.

Maisonettes - one two-storey house on top of another.
Maisonettes – one two-storey house on top of another.

Lee Park used to have tower blocks and maisonettes, now demolished. For those of you who don’t know, a maisonette is a four storey structure comprising one house (2nd floor and third floor) on top of another (ground floor and first floor).

So I was running along one road when I heard someone shouting “GRAHAM!!!”. It turns out I’d run past Jean-Jacques‘s house and he just happened to be outside and saw me! Jean-Jacque is a sports physio who works at the Lifestyles Fitness Centre at Liverpool Aquatics Centre. He introduced me to his family and we got a lovely photo to mark the occasion.

Kevin Robertson lived on Fordcombe Road and was my best friend during my time at secondary school. We bonded over a shared love of Elvis, Shakin’ Stevens, rock n roll, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, science fiction books, Monty Python, Blackadder, and much more. We spent many hours in each other’s bedrooms listening to albums and talking about the latest episodes. We went to concerts and Doctor Who conventions together. We’d send each other postcards when we went on holiday. I addressed mine to Arthur Wensleydale, and he sent his to Eric the Half a Bee. Our parents must have thought we were crazy!

Marsham Road has no houses on it.

I took a photo of St Stephen’s Church from the end of St Stephens Close. This is my mum and dad’s church. I’ll take more photos when I get to run past it.

At the end of my run I came across an Incredible Edible site. Incredible Edible is a community-focused project found across the UK which aims to bring people together and connect them through a shared love of food, encouraging people to grown food for themselves and others, to share this food, to cook it and eat it, and to give back to others. Check them out.

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