Road details

Pilot survey results

New analysis

Census ID

City

Name of road

Road No. e.g. A40

Length (m)

Y/N

Buildings both sides?

Continue survey? Y/N

No. of houses at < 10m

Min distance tested

Max distance tested

Number of residential buildings (min)

Number of residential buildings (max)

Comment

6390

Birmingham

Kingsbury Road

A38

1273

y

wide road, housing and commercial both sides

y

20

13

16

13

63

Variable width road/pavements make it difficult to accurately measure houses. 13m is the most accurate

6391

Birmingham

James Watt Queensway

A4400

800

n

commercial offices, open road

n

13

31

63

Ring road, few buildings close to main road

7676

Birmingham

Dartmouth Middleway

A4540

419

n

all commercial, open road

n

Results combined with 57193

7928

Birmingham

St Chads Queensway

A4400

800

n

mainly commercial, 1 block flats at ~25m

n

No houses

16365

Birmingham

Tyburn Road

A38

1742

y

houses one side, commercial on the other

y

15

13

14

15

66

Lots of semi detached houses on N side of the road, lots just on or within 10m. Offices and industry opposite.

27736

Birmingham

Watery Lane Middleway

A4540

1558

n

no housing within 30m

n

15

2

2

unlikely to be residential - more likely empty or unnamed buildings

36400

Birmingham

Moor Street Queensway

A4400

500

n

high office blocks

n

15

0

46398

Birmingham

Lichfield Road

A5127

2731

n

wide road, mixed low commercial

n

13

16

19

39

lots of 'residential' buildings but they din't look like houses - large blocks of flats or empoty office / industry buildings?

46399

Birmingham

Bristol Road

A38

847

n

wide road, mixed commercial

n

13

33

33

looks like a commercial area but has buildings with no name

47202

Birmingham

Chester Road

A452

1400

n

wide road, some commercial

n

no houses

47999

Birmingham

Bristol Road

A4400

650

n

wide road, small shops, offices above

n

13

30

30

looks like a commercial area but has buildings with no name

56394

Birmingham

St Chads Queensway

A38

782

n

wide road, some shops

n

13

16

4

4

unlikely to be residential - more likely empty or unnamed buildings

56399

Birmingham

Tyburn Road

A38

1201

y

wide open road, housing one side, commercial on the other

y

10-15

14

16

57

129

Looks like 14m is the most accurate. Some terraces with all addresses selected may represent an over estimate.

57191

Birmingham

Bull Ring Digbeth

A41

405

n

built up high shops / offices

n

15

33

33

looks like a commercial area but has buildings with no name

57193

Birmingham

Dartmouth Middleway

A4540

393

n

open area, mainly large commercial

n

13

2

2

57194

Birmingham

Belgrave Middleway

A4540

812

y

open wide road, housing

y

6

13

21

21

block of flats and a terrace of houses

36409

Bristol

Bond Street

A4044

500

n

Offices 1 side

n

15

0

37053

Bristol

Western Inner Ring Road

A4044

1100

n

offices and shops both sides

n

14

17

12

14

some flats (above shops?) and possibly some empty offices

48003

Bristol

Brunel Way

A370

500

n

no buildings close

n

0

no houses

48459

Bristol

Temple Gate Bath Bridge

A4

347

n

station / hotel

n

15

18

0

0

56375

Bristol

Temple Way

A4044

706

n

wide road with offices both sides

n

15

18

4

4

56400

Bristol

Bond Street

A4044

347

n

high office blocks both sides

n

15

0

57291

Bristol

Newfoundland Street

A4032

1100

n

wide open road, shops at one end

n

13

17

1

2

7397

Doncaster

?

A638

685

n

commercial

n

17

20

1

1

8747

Doncaster

?

A638

853

n

offices and commercial

n

17

20

1

1

16270

Fareham

A27/A32

A27/A32

780

n

open

n

15

0

very few buildings near, no houses

20922

Glasgow

Stobcross Street

A814

700

n

underneath flyover and high hotels

n

15

18

4

4

40924

Glasgow

Clydeside Expressway

A814

3500

n

open area, commercial both sides

n

14

16

0

0

50974

Glasgow

Clyde Tunnel

A739

2009

n

it's a tunnel!

n

14

16

2

9

7913

Hull

Garrison Road

A63

805

n

wide open road, some commercial

n

no buildings within 15m of road centre

27932

Hull

Castle Street

A63

658

y

wide road

y

6 in 1 block

14

17

42

52

a couple of block of terraces. Trinity Court and Fish Street

48331

Hull

Hessle Road

A63

965

n

wide road and commercial offices

no

13

24

24

Some houses near slip road (do these count?), and others near main part of road

8554

Leeds

York Road

A64

500

n

open, offices both sides

n

0

16593

Leeds

York Road

A64

2800

y

housing and shops both sides

y

50+

16

38

38

lots of houses just over 10m

18451

Leeds

West Street

A58

476

n

all offices

n

0

3 large buildings, don't look like houses

28003

Leeds

Wellington Road

A58

600

n

open area

n

0

28005

Leeds

A643 in Holbeck

A643

1200

n

open area, some commercial

n

0

46633

Leeds

York Road

A64

2800

n

wide open road, some houses at 20-25m

n

15

3

3

48049

Leeds

Wellington Road

A58

500

n

no buildings

n

0

48535

Leeds

West Street

A58

300

n

open road, elevated

n

0

57696

Leeds

Geldard Street

A58

300

n

n

0

36502

Leicester

Burleys Way

A46

500

no

commercial area

n

15

5

5

one is an Arts Centre, others look like businesses but no names

36524

Leicester

St Mathews Way

A47

585

n

open, some commercial

no

13

8

8

6 look like residential; 2 are 'empty' units; business units that look like houses

48489

Leicester

Vaughn Way

A46

400

no

commercial area

n

15

5

5

the 'residentials' look like commercial

48677

Leicester

Humberstone Rd

A47

472

n

all commercial

no

14

9

9

mixture of building sizes, looks all commercial

56435

Leicester

A47 west of ring road

A47

430

y

wide split road

y

6 flats

15

17

25

26

one large block of 24 flats, the other two buildings look too large for residential

56464

Leicester

Vaughn Way

A46

600

no

commercial area

n

15

2

2

don't look like residential buildings

7274

Liverpool

Breaze Hill

A5058

690

y

few houses 1 side

y

10

15

17

62

65

Buildings with mulitple APs which appear to be residential (flats?)

7862

Liverpool

Brunswick Street

A580

500

n

wide road

n

16

18

7

16

17657

Liverpool

Strand Street

A5036

621

n

wide road, commercial

n

17

19

2

26

17661

Liverpool

Rocky Lane

A5049

1347

y

half domestic, half commercial

y

300+

16

18

146

174

18508

Liverpool

M62 link

A580

372

y

open road

y

20

17

19

9

9

28563

Liverpool

Islington

A580

214

N

commercial

n

15

17

3

4

37334

Liverpool

Queens Drive

A5058

751

y

wide road, housing both sides

y

300+

14

16

112

112

37794

Liverpool

Erskine Street

A580

800

n

wide open road

n

16

18

1

1

38350

Liverpool

Lime Street

A5038

341

n

all commercial

n

15

17

4

10

47911

Liverpool

Near University

A59

1300

n

open road

n

15

17

19

19

47917

Liverpool

Edge Lane

A5047

2085

y

mainly commercial, wide road

y

30

14

16

87

89

All APs appear to be residential

47919

Liverpool

Edge Lane

A5080

1105

y

wide road

y

200+

14

16

33

117

All APs appear to be residential

48332

Liverpool

Near University

A59

300

n

open road

n

16

18

0

0

56612

Liverpool

Near University

A59

638

n

wide open road

n

16

18

0

0

57715

Liverpool

Liver Street

A5041

109

n

empty road

n

15

17

0

0

58222

Liverpool

New Islington

A5080

227

n

open road

n

15

17

0

0

6076

London

North Circular Road

A1

500

n

wide road, some buildings set back

n

15

2

2

houses at end of terraces on side roads

7055

London

North Circular Road

A406

2100

y

housing at one end of link, rest is wide dual carriageway

y

20

15

16

20

31

terrace close to Hanger Lane Juntion

8468

London

A406

300

n

flyover, commercial nearby

n

0

no houses

17018

London

Gunnersbury Avenue

A406

1300

n

residential, set back from road

n

15

14

14

a few houses close to junction

17019

London

North Circular Road

A406

1939

y

commercial and residential, dual carriageway

y

50

15

16

28

68

various blocks of terraced houses and individual houses

17020

London

North Circular Road

A406

900

n

some residential set back from road, then underpass

n

0

no houses

26080

London

North Circular Road

A1

206

n

open road, one apartment block

n

16

17

32

32

block of flats and one house

27086

London

Hanger Lane

A406

200

n

no houses noted in survey, picture shows some close to road

n

18

9

9

wide road, one block of flats

27087

London

North Circular Road

A406

900

n

commercial buildings and flyover

n

0

no houses

37112

London

Gunnersbury Avenue

A406

1100

y

some houses set back, some close; open road with wide central area

y

35

0

no houses, must have under-estimated distance in pilot survey

37113

London

North Circular Road

A406

2400

y

houses close to road, often both sides

y

100+

15

18

209

269

variable road width, difficult to accurately quantify. Lots of houses close to road

37114

London

North Circular Road

A406

940

n

open road, few buildings

n

15.2

16

16

two blocks of flats

38366

London

Hanger Lane

A406

1992

n

some commercial, some open

n

15

16

38

49

a few houses at the south end of the link

38601

London

Hanger Lane Roundabout

A406

200

n

shops set back from large roundabout,

n

0

no houses

56758

London

North Circular Road

A406

1200

n

no buildings, underpass

n

15

no houses

56982

London

Forty Lane

A4088

822

n

residential, houses set back from road

n

16

17

5

7

one house has a part near the road, and a couple of other buildings

57056

London

North Circular Road

A406

721

y

2 storey houses both sides

y

10

14

15

33

44

lots of houses close to Northern side of A406, some on oposite side at ends of side roads

57656

London

Blackbird Hill / Neasdon Lane

A4088

1100

n

commercial and residential, houses at > 10m

n

15

16.5

112

143

lots of flats (in divided houses?); disparity between findings - likely over-estimate of distance in pilot survey

6161

Manchester

Broad Street, Pendleton

A6

1000

n

mostly commercial, houses used as offices

n

17

25

0

10

16537

Manchester

Old Trafford

A34

700

n

16

20

6

8

17675

Manchester

Princess Road

A5103

2169

n

some houses close according the photos, not quantified in survey

y

?

14

16

0

2

Much shorter road link than that quantified in the pilot study.

26352

Manchester

Kingsway

A56

792

y

wide road, some with open aspect, some houses close

y

20

16

18

12

14

28684

Manchester

Chester Rd in Stretford,

A56

137

n

residential type buildings, not quantified

y

>25

15

20

2

3

Variable road and pavement widths make quantification difficult. See photograph.

36578

Manchester

Chester Rd in Stretford

A56

822

n

wide aspect, low buildings

n

15

20

33

34

36585

Manchester

Regent Road

A57

895

n

housing set back from road on one side, mostly open aspect on other

n

15

20

0

8

37809

Manchester

junction of M63

A5103

1400

n

housing set back from road

16

18

27

46

48023

Manchester

Regent Road,

A57

495

n

commercial and residential, some blocks of flats very close

y

possibly >50 flats

14

20

16

16

56160

Manchester

Crescent Chapel

A6

748

n

commercial

n

16

20

3

3

58022

Manchester

Old Trafford

A56

600

n

open aspect, block of flats set way back, commercial close to road

16

20

0

0

58252

Manchester

Great Ancoats St

A665

127

n

commercial

n

15

20

4

8

6090

Newcastle

Gateshead Highway

A184

450

n

wide road, offices

no

15

17

276

276

18626

Newcastle

A1 in Lemmington

A1

1500

n

wide road, no buildings

n

16

20

2

5

47829

Newcastle

Park Road

A184

3069

n

wide open, some commercial

n

14

16

34

43

58151

Newcastle

A167

Tyne Bridge

800

n

river

n

16

18

32

54

28437

Portsmouth

A228 in Hilsen

A228

2158

y

wide road some commercial

y

6

16

18

10

13

kerb width variable, some semis on one side

47078

Portsmouth

A3/M27 junction

A3

450

n

open junction

n

15

no houses, just a car dealer

18722

Sheffield

Sheaf Street

A61

800

n

open area, some commercial

n

16

18

6

6

47839

Sheffield

Wicker

A6135

304

n

shops and offices built up

n

15

17

6

7

48076

Sheffield

Sheaf Street

A61

379

n

built up area, commercial

n

16

18

10

10