Bridlington Road

The name

Bridlington Road probably takes its name from Bridlington Golf Club. Its course was laid out in 1905 by J.H. Taylor, a five-time Open champion, on what had been the Hilderthorpe Hall estate.

Where the club's facts come from: History - Bridlington Golf Club, the club's own history.

How sure we are of the match: Likely

The estate's streets were named after golf courses. The streets page explains how each match was made.

In the story

• Building the Estate: A shopping centre
  The main shops grew up near the station, around St Andrew's Road and Bridlington Road, and LCC plans for their shop fronts date from the early 1950s.
• Shops, pubs and services: The library
  In November 1957 the LCC sold Watford Rural District Council the plot at Fairfield Avenue and Bridlington Road, the future library site, for £2,500.
• Rebuilding the centre: Phase 1: the first four sites
  Phase 1A was built on the old Bridlington Road car park at the corner of Oxhey Drive.
• Visit and look for: Where to find more
  A much shorter version was printed in 2010, and about twenty-five copies were sold at L M Wards, the newsagents in Bridlington Road, at five pounds each.
• Walks
  Weekly health walks began on 21 March 2012, organised by the Countryside Management Service and led by local volunteers, meeting at the Bridlington Road end of the precinct at 1pm on Wednesdays.
• The estate's first library (site)
  The estate's first library stood next door to a family home and served the estate until the Bridlington Road library opened in May 1962.
• Civil Defence headquarters, 39 Oxhey Drive
  The building was used by social services for some years, held the temporary library from the summer of 2008 to August 2009 while the Bridlington Road library was being extended, and from 11 May 2011 housed Step Up, a drop-in with training and counselling rooms run by ASCEND and Herts Mind Network with district council funding.
• Oxhey Library
  The estate's first library opened in June 1951 in Little Oxhey Lane, in an old farmhouse, and this library on Bridlington Road replaced it in May 1962, though Poor But Proud gives 20 June.
• The Pheasant, later The Ox (site)
  Opened as The Pheasant and later renamed The Ox, this pub stood on the west side of Bridlington Road, just south of the library and across the road from the shopping precinct.

On the timeline

• 28 November 1957 The LCC sells Watford RDC the plot at Fairfield Avenue and Bridlington Road, the future library site, for £2,500.
• May 1962 A new library opens in Bridlington Road.
• about 1975 The Oxfam shop opens at 3 Bridlington Road, possibly the first charity shop in Oxhey.
• 4 May 2018 The Ox pub on Bridlington Road is finally demolished.

Close by

Buildings

• The Pheasant, later The Ox (site) 50 m
• Oxhey Library 50 m
• St Andrew's precinct (site) 70 m
• The LCC estate office, 37 Oxhey Drive 110 m
• Civil Defence headquarters, 39 Oxhey Drive 120 m

Ancient woods

• Pond Wood 150 m
• Sandpit Wood, railway strip 360 m
• Oxhey Woods, northern part (Old and Young Hangings, Little Furze Field, The Plantation) 640 m

Walk stops

• The library 50 m
  The heart of the estate walk
• Oxhey Library 50 m
  Schools, churches and shops walk
• The old precinct 70 m
  The heart of the estate walk

Distances are in a straight line from a point on the street.