City Road: Steyning High Street

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Drawing on what you have learned about City Road from the Making Social Lives DVD and Learning Companion 1, describe how material things help to create winners and losers on a street which you know. The writer is going to introduce you to Steyning High Street and describe the following features such as the street itself in conjunction with the bypass, the shops and who it attracts and access to the buildings and pavements. This will in turn, identify the inequalities and differences and compare them with the module materials studied. Steyning is an historic market town dating back to the 14th century which is designated as an Area of Outstanding Conservation, (Ford, 1980) and hosts a wealth of historical beauty. The High Street was once the main through road but since the arrival of the bypass in the 20th century it is not as busy as it once was. This produces less traffic throughout the town creating winners by reducing the volume and pollution but with the possible lack of business to local shops,…show more content…
These identify problems for walkers with heels, disabled sticks and even dogs’ paws, possibly getting caught within the gaps of the grate. It could be argued that this would allow for the surface water to run away. It could be further argued that this may allow for the drains to get blocked with rubbish or debris from the trees, this creates losers for the local council having to send an engineer to unblock the drain, thus draining the parish funds, not to mention the pedestrians walking through the muddy waters along the High Street. The paved areas in City Road has bollards dotted along which create a safer passage for pedestrians creating winners here but highlighting the lack of safety for the High Street. The contrast between these two streets is evident where City Road is a main road with a high volume of traffic compared to the High Street which has the bypass to reduce noise, pollution and
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