An Investigation into Shopping patterns in horncastle

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Introduction

My name is Mokbul Hussain and I have done some investigation in Horncastle. On Friday 8 may the geography class and we went to the Horncastle town. It was a nice and hot day. We investigated as a pair and we have found out lot information.

Horncastle is a town in Lincolnshire (in the middle of England towards the east coast).The town of Horncastle is an urban area that is larger than a village but smaller than a city. Unless Horncastle grows to a size.

Horncastle sits at the crossroads of two of Lincolnshire's major roads: the  runs west-east, joining the county town of  with the resort of  on the ; the  joins  in the north with  and  in the south. These two roads meet at the Bull Ring in the centre of Horncastle.

The A158 through Horncastle becomes particularly busy during the , as  travel to and from Skegness. To alleviate the pressure on the town centre caused by this traffic, Horncastle is home to a 'hub' for the InterConnect rural  service. Regular buses run to Lincoln, Skegness, and across the Wolds. The  long-distance footpath also runs through Horncastle.

Location


Fig.1                Map of UK and maps of all UK cities

Fig. 2                        Map of Lincoln Including town

Fig 3         Map of Horncastle Including Street

My Hypothesis

My Hypothesis First is that ‘the environment in outer town areas is better than the inner town areas’

What are the inner town, outer town and environment?

Outer town

Horncastle is an outer town. As you know Horncastle On the concentric zone model it ranges from middle class housing to further outskirts. Here you will find semi detached & detached housing because the land is cheaper and they can afford to build on more land conversely the land is expensive in the inner town. Also here you will find wide roads because the roads were designed for cars because the outer town is newer than the inner town.

Inner town

Lincoln is an inner town area which contains the CBD, lower income housing and old factories. In the concentric zone model the inner town ranges from the CBD to the lower income housing which is in order from the smallest ring to the biggest, it goes from the CBD to the transition zone and the lower income housing. It has narrow roads because when the inner town was built no cars existed. Because the inner is quite old (older than the outer town) they use a grid pattern system for the roads. They have higher goods and services as it is the most well known of the town. Big retail shopping centres are also found here as apposed to the outer town because of this reason. However now you may find that shopping centres are being built on the outskirts.

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Typical inner town Characteristics (Lincoln)

-Roads inside the inner town are narrow because they were designed for horse and cart, and also cars take up more space the horse and cart causing traffic congestion.

-The layout of the inner town is grid patterned; it was the typical pattern used back then.

-The inner town has high traffic congestion as there is a high volume of people coming to and from into the central business district – The roads are narrow and parking is an issue because ...

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