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<p>The road in question looks like highway=unclassified to me.<br>
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<p>Service roads behind houses, usually terraces, are very common in
UK. In Hull they have a local name of a Ten Foot. They are often
about ten feet wide and if they have a sealed surface (many don't)
it is often concrete not tarmac, A few have houses on one side and
garages on the other. A few run behind houses but enclose a shared
grassy space. The access is sometimes disputed and many now have
gates to secure them. These are highway=service;service=alley (I
would like to add alley=tenfoot too locally).</p>
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<div>In my view this is a highway=unclassified as originally
mapped. It has pavements (sidewalks) and parking restrictions
(yellow lines) as well as business premises fronting onto the
street. Each of these on their own would suggest unclassified.
(Relatively few streets in central London will be
residential).<br>
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<div>A <a
href="https://os.openstreetmap.org/#zoom=17&lat=51.517883&lon=-0.12941"
moz-do-not-send="true">useful guide</a> is the OS StreetView
layer on <a href="http://os.openstreetmap.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">os.openstreetmap.org</a> where
typically service roads are shown in grey without a casing.
Note that mews which are shown on OS StreetView as service are
usually mapped as residential.<br>
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<div>I've <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Scarborough_rear_access_service_road.JPG"
moz-do-not-send="true">uploaded</a> a classic case from the
North of England of a service road which could be tagged as
service alley (although <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/58829041"
moz-do-not-send="true">it isn't</a>, possibly because the
usage was not well established back in 2009 when I mapped it).
As others have said these are extremely common in certain
types of housing (although in Greater Manchester &
Merseyside many are now gated to limit access to residents.
This particular example is in the list of streets maintained
at public expense for North Yorkshire council (which is
suggested by the parking restriction signs).</div>
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<div>I'll see if I can find some other images of service roads
in the UK.</div>
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<div>Jerry<br>
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Mateusz Konieczny via Talk-GB <<a
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<div><a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:service%3Dalley</a>
has ongoing topic of what<br>
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<div>qualifies as highway=residential and what qualifies as
highway=service service=alley<br>
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<div>Hanway Street was given as highway=service example,
then removed as an example<br>
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<div>- with following photo <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Hanway_Street_-_London.JPG"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Hanway_Street_-_London.JPG</a><br>
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<div>To me it looks like a narrow highway=residential but
right now it is mapped as<br>
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<div>highway=service, see <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/233334347"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/233334347</a><br>
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<div>(and was mapped as such for basically all its
existence).<br>
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<div>Photo looks like something that I would definitely
consider as narrow highway=residential,<br>
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<div>and has tagged such roads in my city as
highway=residential + lanes=1<br>
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<div>What is your opinion? Is it highway=service
service=alley or narrow highway=residential?<br>
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<div>Should it be changed in OSM?<br>
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