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 cars have to be parked on the side of the road as there is not enough space for garages in the area causes the roads to be even narrower.
-The inner town has a high concentration of densely packed small terraced housing.
-More pollution (noise and air) because the inner city houses are all Victorian houses meaning that they all had chimneys giving off carbon monoxide which pollutes the air. Noise pollution because of all the shops and offices and all the cars congested.
-Higher goods and services - are often found in the inner town because they need to be in a location where they can easily be found, and as the inner city is the oldest and people used to walk everywhere unless you had transport but mainly the richer part of the society had them meaning that people needed the shops and offices to be close to them. However now you find large shopping centres on the outskirts as nowadays everyone has a car meaning that everyone can do long distant journeys.
Typical characteristics of the outer town-
-Roads inside the area are wider compared to ones in the inner town as the outer town roads - were built for cars. Also they have driveways and garages to store there cars in.
-The layout of the outer town is radial patterned this is because it is a modern town only roads there were built recently.
-Low traffic congestion is found in the outer town there is not a high volume of people coming in and out of there, the roads are wider and there are garages and driveways for people to store there cars, and not on the side of the road like in the inner town.
-Low goods and services are common – as who lived hear in the early 21st century could afford cars, this means that they could go to the inner city to purchase there goods and services.
-Less pollution (noise and air) as there is a low volume of cars and people coming through and living in the area.
-Higher quality, detached and semi-detached housing is found in the outer town because richer people live hear and they can afford to live there and also there is a lot more land meaning that they can utilize this space by leaving a few meters in between houses.
The environment
The environment is the surroundings in the area, these being things like;
Graffiti
Type of housing
Trees
Street lighting
Pavements
Litter
Facilities
Traffic
Garages
Parks
Vandalism
Size of housing
Number of cars parked on the road
Wild life
I did some Environmental Investigation near Tesco. We went to different place in same location. And we have found out how many things are there as you can see on the table. the
Methodology
Size of housing In Horncastle
The size of housing is important as the bigger the house the more rooms and people like there privacy, also houses with big gardens are better and reduce crime and vandalism and accidents. Such as small children playing in the garden are safer then small children playing on the streets. To prove this I was asked to the people who live on the four streets about how many rooms and amount of land. Also I could use Google earth and look up there houses and measure against the other houses on the other roads; however as the roads lengths are different this means that I am going to do this on a range of 6 houses. The reason I am going to do this is because It is a vital part to see if the environment in the outer is better than the environment as we know that size of housing is part of the environment allows your kids to stay out longer on your garden, also lets you to have more privacy in your house.
Street lighting
Street lighting is important as the more street lights the less crime, as criminals usually don’t commit in daylight, it commonly occurs at night when its is more difficult to see a crime and also most people are usually asleep by about 9:00-10:00 so it will also be more difficult to hear what’s going on outside, also its harder for police to catch the culprits. To prove this I am going to see on a 50 meter stretch how many street lights there are on the four roads. The reason I am doing this is because street lighting is an important factor for the environment, keeps your car safer and also allows your kids to stay out a little bit longer.
Crime
Crime is important to the environment as if there is a lot of crime in the environment as the amount of crime in your area reduces the amount of tourists which is bad for hotels or other inns in the area. Plus if less people are trying to get out of the town it is bad for shops and offices. Also your house prices decrease, if you try to put it on the market the chances are that you won’t make a profit on it and you probably won’t sell it unless you’re lucky. To find out about crime I will ask people living on the roads and ask them how long they have been living there has there been many severe crimes. I am doing this because the rate of crime relies on the safety of the town and the higher the crime rate the lower the house and the worse the environment as crime affects everything and creates bad things like graffiti, vandalism and litter.
Facilities
1= East Street 4=Lincoln Rd 7=Stanhope Rd
2=North Road 5=Mareham Rd 8=Spilsby Rd
3=Langton Hill 6=Boston Rd 9=prospect St
This results you can see on the table we shared our results whole class. As you can see on the graph showing each street has different . The Street 7 has got most facilities.
What are facilities you will get in Horncastle?
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Horncastle is a small town. But it’s not a tiny little small town, rather a completely self sufficient large-small town. But you still will get lots of facilities in here. I have list of particulars describing Horncastle town
the people of the community are friendly, regular everyday people, not pretentious. The schools are exceptional. The town is not depressed.
Horncastle town has:
Restaurants (Chinese, English, Indian)
Shops (Tesco, cop, Somerfield, Heron, mills, etc)
Fruit shops
Clothing shops
Banks
Post office
Library
Parks
Swimming pool
Cricket club
Football club
Secondary schools (grammar school and Banovallum School)
Primary school
Pubs
Jim
Garage
East Lindsey
Disco
Traffic
Prospect Street
Tesco
Prospect Street
Tesco
Going OUT of the town centre
I have two different pie chart which I did one and other one is used someone else. This pie chart is showing how many transports Going OUT of the town centre
Going INTO the town centre
Litter
Litter is an important factors my hypothesis to see if the outer town is a better environment than the inner town. The amounts of litter can vary the living standard which will affect house costs, as if there is a lot of litter in the area the housing prices will decrease and conversely the less the litter or no litter the housing prices will increase. Litter is not an attraction which will decrease the amounts of tourists visiting the town. To find out I will account how many pieces of litter I see on my roads that I have chosen on about a thirty meter stretch. Obviously the road that has the most litter is the worst road according to litter. I am doing this because it will help me find out my hypothesis (outer town better than inner town) and also litter is important to the environment, also litter is a sign of bad people in the area and this can lead to crime.
List of Car Parks in Horncastle
The Market Place Horncastle