Friends of Fineshade
Images of Fineshade Wood
The busy road to Top Lodge
Residents and visitors agree that the single-track lane up to Fineshade can already become impossible at peak times and the junction with the A43 is extremely dangerous.
These pictures are a reminder of just how bad it can get.
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A serious 3-vehicle collision at the A43 junction on 7 May 2019. All three vehicles had to be recovered but fortunately there were no serious injuries
Even at this time of year, in good weather the site is choked. The caravan site opens next month!
Easter Monday 2017 Total gridlock - crowds had come for the Gruffalo Spotters Trail
Easter Monday 2017 63 vehicles parked in the road. No fire engine would get through
Easter Monday 2017 Total gridlock - carparks full
There's a proposal to access a static caravan site from this junction
Police attended a collision at the dangerous A43 junction on 21 July 2016
A big event was "organised" at Top Lodge
Even in February the single-track lane can be clogged
In summer the caravan site traffic joins in too.
A busy, dangerous place for youngsters
Some on the public highway, some on the FC road.
Faced with a long queue to park people stop in the passing places and walk up.
Informal parking on the lane compounds problems at peak times
If the carpark is full where do you go?
Horse boxes and vehicles with trailers make an uneasy passage up the hill
Forest Holidays' traffic survey did not record cycle usage.
Traffic building back onto the trunk road