Sometimes in England there just isn’t room for stuff. It’s fairly likely every square inch of that town is spoken for, including the roads themselves. Not that their owned by anyone per-se but the boundaries of these public through ways have in some cases been defined for centuries. It might be illegal to not have a road of a certain description and purpose in this space
And yet it doesn’t seem to matter when it comes to cars if an area is spoken for, centuries-old or not. 2000-year old roman road? Pave the fucker, paint lines, forget sidewalks.
I think it is reasonable to assume that there is not a centuries old designation to dedicate the majority of the space to cars. Its very likely they could dedicate the space exclussively to bicycles and pedestrians and still fit a centuries old rule.
From other comments it seems to be designed that way to accommodate a war memorial and possibly transports/lorries needed more room for the turn. There is also apparently better access on the other side.
If you wanna make the argument that there just isn’t enough room for stuff, private vehicles taking up surface level real estate and often sit empty are a bigger target than sidewalks.
Sometimes in England there just isn’t room for stuff. It’s fairly likely every square inch of that town is spoken for, including the roads themselves. Not that their owned by anyone per-se but the boundaries of these public through ways have in some cases been defined for centuries. It might be illegal to not have a road of a certain description and purpose in this space
And yet it doesn’t seem to matter when it comes to cars if an area is spoken for, centuries-old or not. 2000-year old roman road? Pave the fucker, paint lines, forget sidewalks.
I think it is reasonable to assume that there is not a centuries old designation to dedicate the majority of the space to cars. Its very likely they could dedicate the space exclussively to bicycles and pedestrians and still fit a centuries old rule.
From other comments it seems to be designed that way to accommodate a war memorial and possibly transports/lorries needed more room for the turn. There is also apparently better access on the other side.
If you wanna make the argument that there just isn’t enough room for stuff, private vehicles taking up surface level real estate and often sit empty are a bigger target than sidewalks.
I mean more like rights of way and who has the right to do what with the space