Little Green Street

My wife is an avid Jane Austen fan and has often talked about visiting various sites around England, this is one that she found at Jane Austen’s World.

Little Green Street

The street can boast homes built in the 1780’s that has survived more than two hundred years of wear and tear from the generations who have raised their children in the narrow cobbled terraces.

Currently the area is not even a neighborhood, it is nothing more than a 1 block long street.  It is narrow cobblestone lane that is lined on both sides with about 12 or so modest 18th century terraced homes.

Little Green Street looks like a perfect slice of Regency London; it’s been celebrated in the poetry of that quintessentially British poet John Betjeman, and used as the setting for music videos and photo shoots.

Despite the fact that the homes on this street are listed in the historic society the road itself is not and it is currently threatened by current construction plans.

Little Green Street’s safety is by no means certain.

The street, only 2.5m wide remains a very real threat of being turned into a truck route which would see a vehicle pass within inches of the front doors of these homes every three minutes, all day every day for up to four years down this delicate cul-de-sac.

This street is a featured visitors site for many Jane Austen Fans.  It would be such a shame if it were affected by construction and present day cruelty to favored travel destinations.  I think the area would be shocked to see how many tourists they lose if the area was ruined… not to mention the hit to the ever fading historical sites around the world.

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