The Circle and the Odeon from the north-west, 1938

From the north-west, 8 September 1938: the Odeon, opened three years earlier, stands on the Circle where Kings Road meets Kingstanding Road, with Maryvale and Shady Lane nearby.

Notes

Oblique aerial photograph by Aerofilms Ltd, 8 September 1938 (Historic England Archive EPW059312). Historic England’s catalogue title: “The Kingstanding Housing Estate under construction, Queslett, from the north-west, 1938”. Places identified in this view by contributors to Historic England’s Britain from Above project: the Odeon, Kings Road, Kingstanding Road, Shady Lane, Dunedin Road, Maryvale and the old Kingstanding pub. The original on Wikimedia Commons is about 4,800 px wide; the copy here is 1,280 px. See it at full size, and add what you recognise, at https://britainfromabove.org.uk/image/EPW059312.

About this place: The Odeon · Kingstanding Circle · Maryvale, Old Oscott