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<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25094466#map=18/52.48021/-1.89850">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/25094466#map=18/52.48021/-1.89850</a> then there’s Needless Alley in Birmingham.. an unclassified road.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Gareth</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 12 Feb 2021, at 16:21, Chris Hodges <chris@c-hodges.co.uk> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span>"Alley" in a road name doesn't really mean it's an alley or service road though. One example, that would be better named "lane" is "The Alley" in Faulston <https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0303233,-1.9040696,3a,75y,95.22h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sHP09cfzEJSTG6s5ve9-KUQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DHP09cfzEJSTG6s5ve9-KUQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D98.2677%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656></span><br>
<span>(StreetView link). Naming is daft though - when I look at Hanway St it reminded me of Bristol's (very narrow) Broad St. Many alleys are unadopted and/or unmaintained.</span><br>
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<span>Hanway St is one way and looks intended to be low-traffic, but clearly has frontages on it - it looks like an unclassified road, just a small one</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>primarily residential. Definitely more than a service road. This just</span><br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>I can't completely decide between unclassified and service/alley. It is probably as much an alley as Diagon Alley is in Harry Potter. One factor that might mitigate against unclassified, is that it isn't a likely through route
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<blockquote type="cite"><span>See, for example: <https://onestepwanderer.com/diagon-alley-locations-uk/></span><br>
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