Morriston Close

The name

Morriston Close probably takes its name from Morriston Golf Club. It is a mature parkland course two minutes off junction 46 of the M4 north of Swansea, and although the club dates itself to 1920 some listings say 1909.

Where the club's facts come from: Morriston 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

• Clubs, sport and events: Music and the beat groups
  The Ricochets practised in a pub at the bottom of Watford High Street and in a front room in Morriston Close, played as far as Slough and the California Ballroom at Dunstable, released a single, and were written up across a double page of a Liverpool music paper with the Rolling Stones as a threat from the south.

Close by

Buildings

• Oxhey Woods Local Nature Reserve 130 m
• Greenfields Primary School 210 m
• The Grapevine (site) 280 m
• St Martin's Church, Muirfield Road 420 m
• Prestwick Road Meadows 450 m

Ancient woods

• Oxhey Woods, southern part (Abbott's Wood and Nanscot Wood) 130 m
• Oxhey Woods, central part (Ashen Spring) 220 m
• Oxhey Woods, central part (Beck Mason's Wood) 530 m

Walk stops

• Nanscot Wood 270 m
  Oxhey Woods walk
• Abbott's Wood 300 m
  Oxhey Woods walk
• Oxhey Woods car park 550 m
  Oxhey Woods walk

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