Driver's Eye View - Ashford Ring Road, Kent, UK

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12 жыл бұрын

One complete lap of Ashford's legendary ring-road back in the days when the traffic used to flow. I've also included the approach on the A2042. Filmed in the late 1990s.
For more about Ashford visit the Deepest Kent Miscellany blog at:
walkingadventure-day1.blogspot...
Note, the road sign at the end was the beginning of the next video on my original VHS tape. The A262 video that follows is also now on KZfaq.

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@bobbob6559 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting to note how many perfectly useful roundabouts have given way to ATS controlled junction now.

@neilthegooner2871 3 жыл бұрын

Must be quite embarrassing for the council watching this and how well it flowed compared to the total carnage they have created nowadays with all the traffic light they have put up.

@paulhatcher8450 Ай бұрын

This was the Ashford I remember. I love this place

@jamiepenfold5793 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! This is superb! I moved to Ashford in June. Fascinating to see how it used to look! I’d love to do a “now” version of this!

@PaisleyParkGirl 9 жыл бұрын

Wow this brings back some memories 😯

@schillaci5590 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Soothing as heaven

@markymali 11 жыл бұрын

Traffic flows both ways now. In the early 80's it was like a race track. Ford Capri's, Mk1 Escorts, Opel Manta's and Dolomite Sprints would fly around the ring road on Saturday nights!

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

Mark Mason yes and Stanhope had bad trouble

@davidknell9676 4 жыл бұрын

And the odd Scimitar

@meadroad 4 жыл бұрын

Then all down to ‘Dustys’ after a race around...

@TheMiserablegit 6 жыл бұрын

Memories come flooding back. When the in-laws were alive we used to go there shopping from Romney Marsh, but the traffic became so bad that we ended up going to Folkestone instead.

@q3b26 4 жыл бұрын

I moved to Ashford only at the beginning of this year, I didn't even recognise the first bit until I saw the station... I was looking to see what was at the site of the Brewery before it was built and I was so surprised to see a row of nice looking houses. Quite different from the huge hotel and apartments that are now there.

@platformstrange1794 4 жыл бұрын

The brewery site was empty, it used to belong to south kent college. The buildings you see are houses but also a newsagents (kennetts) butchers cafe, and the large building was the Victoria pub which stood roughly where the junction of Victoria road is today. These buildings were demolished by 2000/1 and only just been built on 18 years later!

@karaoketrucker1162 Жыл бұрын

Not so nice it was the butcher Hotel. Had every drop out in South Ashford living in it lol. Then next door was kennets newsagents. Use to go in there to buy sweets before going in the cinema (flea pit) other side of the road.

@karaoketrucker1162 Жыл бұрын

Much preferred it like that.

@pambogord4204 10 жыл бұрын

It would take you a lot longer now to go around the ring road, thanks for posting it as i had never seen the ring road how it was and some things are so different with road lay outs.

@emmabeatriceroberts9085 2 жыл бұрын

When visitors used to get lost in Ashford's one way system! I moved away in 1993, so a few things are different from "my" Ashford, but still lots of memories.

@eurostar3739 5 жыл бұрын

Jeez it’s changed sooo much

@SuperDancingdevil 4 жыл бұрын

So sad so much of Ashford Gone forever.

@tigershoot Жыл бұрын

02:14 Four lanes wide. Now it's one lane each way. Progress?

@lammydave 9 жыл бұрын

the new layout is dreadful... I could never see anything wrong with the way it is in the video... millions of pounds totally wasted

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

David Bray and it's being changed AGAIN disruption to transport

@ccasel81 5 жыл бұрын

Never a truer comment was said, ever!

@petemk73 12 жыл бұрын

You always forget the International Station went up when the Victoria pub and Butcher's hotel were still there

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

stantz and Kennett's and the shoe shop later demolished and the land has been empty since

@petemk73 2 жыл бұрын

@@veggie42 Not any more. I'll be happy when they finish that hotel now. Looks very shabby when you get up close

@golfgtidrives Жыл бұрын

Uploaded an updated version on my channel, with links to this original!

@AdamGC225 9 жыл бұрын

@ Daniel Collins - Can't seem to reply directly but I think you're pretty much spot on with 1997 :-)

@CY7_16 5 жыл бұрын

1997? I was born Jan 2000 at William Harvey and this is almost almost unrecognisable. Imagine what it’s gonna be like when I’m 70

@pmstone123 11 жыл бұрын

That's not the ashford I know, you was going way too fast. I'm gonna do that same journey now and time it! I might even video it and put it on here.

@markwagar8735 6 жыл бұрын

Do you mind if I use this film to compare it to the new layout

@omahonyfamily 11 жыл бұрын

would be great if someone could do an updated one of now, to see the changes.

@jamiepenfold5793 2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same!

@golfgtidrives Жыл бұрын

@@jamiepenfold5793 Might do this!

@golfgtidrives Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8eWfrWJzLfWm6c.html done ;)

@ashfordmarketofficial9610 3 жыл бұрын

Great

@daniluvsuall 9 жыл бұрын

What year was that? It's pre-outlet but post Safeway/Lidl transformation.. 1997? 1998?

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

Daniel Collins I had moved away in 1997 and a clue would be what shops and buildings were still there

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

The bowling alley was there but the shops in Beaver Road near BP were still there

@Jimbo-gi7xn 3 жыл бұрын

Outlet opened in '99 and looking at some the cars I'd say that's 96/97

@wilsonflood4393 Жыл бұрын

I visited Ashford in 1963. Hasn't it changed?

@Intbel 4 жыл бұрын

Could drive around the ring-road forever and it'd only be necessary to change lanes once each circuit.

@markbphilip 2 жыл бұрын

Great film, brought back memories, thanks. The nighttime circuits of the ring road were a lot faster 😎

@clairewilson2408 11 жыл бұрын

Was so much better before the changes

@ianlacey11 11 жыл бұрын

You''ll never match it lol.After what Ashford Council has done to Elwick Road and West Street,the 20 mph space zone its now a crawl over the cobbles.Mace Lane and Somerset Road are also two way again.Confused me to bits first time I drove through after the changes

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

ianlacey11 three lots of lights, one from Debra to East Hill, two bowling alley ones and three to Tannery Lane yet only one lot over Elwick then Shared Space.

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

The shared space is ok, the 3 sets of lights are dreadful and unnecessary!

@tigershoot 7 жыл бұрын

Since they 'improved' it they have now gone about 'improving' the junctions on the northern side. It's now a total shambles. It gets worse with every 'improvement.'

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

tigershoot Correct andKennetts where I used to get sweets and the shoe shop or trying to get a underground drink in wig and gavel pub!

@majorkilljoy 2 жыл бұрын

What year was this?

@AdamGC225 2 жыл бұрын

Late nineties - 97 seems about right.

@TheConfidentNoob 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone know what the building at 1:15 is and what it was used for? What stands there now is the new Ashford college, but I have no idea what was there before. If anyone knows and could reply, I'd really appreciate it

@slaxxxer 5 жыл бұрын

it was a college building!

@TheConfidentNoob 5 жыл бұрын

slaxxxer Aznarder Wait no way! Why did it get shutdown? Do u know?

@slaxxxer 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheConfidentNoob It was derelict for ages and was & was demolished with the town alterations 10 years ago or so i believe

@TheConfidentNoob 5 жыл бұрын

slaxxxer Aznarder I don't think it was demolished because if u go into street view and go back to 2009 u can see it's still there but it's boarded up!

@slaxxxer 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheConfidentNoob I am no longer is Ashford but I am pretty sure that that building is no more , just check out recent trips around the new ring-road.

@pqrstzxerty1296 3 жыл бұрын

Its a shame in 2020 its all flatened to make way for a Tesco Superstore.

@oscarfish38 8 жыл бұрын

Surely better music could be put to footage of the Ashford GP circuit ?

@simongleaden2864 5 жыл бұрын

I thought the music was nice and soothing - I couldn't tell you what it was though. Debussy?

@dazp1 9 жыл бұрын

Fond memories, but it was bad at night with racing and some idiots going the wrong way for dares....Don't get that now. I remember that petrol station just before the Fat Fiddler that must've closed down 1998/99

@veggie42 6 жыл бұрын

You mean Crouches?

@scottchampion3511 5 жыл бұрын

Omg this looks so wired to watch 😂 was born in 1999. Born in Ashford and never moved away to this day. Got to be honest though, I prefer the way it is today. One way systems are just annoying😂. But this was incredibly nice to watch.