Derby by Car - "The Inner Ring Road" July 2009, BEFORE Lara Croft Way opened (final part ring road)

If you are looking for the new Lara Croft Way road then take a look at my new video of the road now its open :

   • Lara Croft Way, Derby Inner Ring Road and ...  

I have a map which shows the exact location.

Lara Croft Way Map :
http://tinyurl.com/ybh2wxu

See my 360 degree VR photograph of Lara Croft Way :
http://derbyphotoscouk.blogspot.com/2...


If you want to see more details then please view in 720p HD mode, then click the fullscreen icon. (you will need a fast pc and fast broadband connection to cope with it!).
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Andy's HD Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.

** This video is not real-time, it is time-lapse **

This video shows a trip around Derby's Inner ring Road as it stands in July 2009, in a few months from now this route will change as the final section of the ring road is completed, connecting Stafford Street with the top of Bradshaw Way.
The final sections will be named Lara Croft Way and Mercian Way.


This is part of the £36.2m Connecting Derby scheme. Streets that are in the path of the new section such as Wilson Street, Gerard Street, Forester Street, Wilmot street and Sacheverel streets become culs-de-sacs.

YOU can name the final part of the inner ring road as you can see here :
http://tinyurl.com/nyqs97

Points of Interest :
0:00 Our journey starts on Mount Street
0:02 The Bell & Castle Pub
0:03 Burton Road - The Inner Ring Road.
0:09 Former Little City car park, As you can see this is where the final section of the inner ring road will go through.
0:10 The Westfield shopping Centre in the distance.
0:14 Normanton Road
0:22 Leopold Street
0:31 On the left is where the inner ring road will join into the traffic island ahead.
0:36 This traffic island is Osmaston Road and is where the final part of the inner ring road will connect up.
0:45 Bradshaw Way.
0:54 London Road Traffic Island
Ahead you can see window cleaners on the ground floor of The Westfield.
1:06 Traffic Street
1:23 The Cock Pitt
1:28 St Alkmund's Way
1:53 The new Jury's Inn hotel that opened in June 2009.
2:08 Joseph Wright Centre
2:15 Ford Street
2:20 On the right was where Derby Clutch Centre used to be, it was demolished in June 2009. In this video you can see they are demolishing the building that was on the end of Agard Street.
2:31 Friar Gate junction.
2:38 Stafford Street
2:43 This point is where the final part of the inner ring road will start from. Stafford Street is currently a one way street.
2:45 Friary Street
2:53 The shop at the bottom of Abbey Street used to be Nixons Jeans.
2:54 Abbey Street
3:02 On the left is a new car park that was created in 2009
Lawnmower repair shop Nu-Blades is still located on the left amongst the road works.
3:06 On the left is the route of the Inner ring road upto the top of Babington Lane.
3:13 On the Right is the Spar Inn pub
3:31 Left onto Burton Road
3:46 Back where the journey started.

Currently this ring road trip is 2.8 Miles long and takes 7 minutes to drive (at least early in the morning like this it does!). Once the final part is complete this will be shorter and quicker.

You may also like my Derby Outer Ring Road drive:
   • Derby Outer Ring Road by car in July 2009,...  

Music Credits : Yiourgh by DoKashiteru.
Licensed under Creative Commons
http://ccmixter.org

In 2010 you may well say "remember when you used to be able to drive up Abbey Street"

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UPDATE 4th December 2009:
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/new...