From the road at least Beeston looks like a place hammered into submission by the passing traffic; an upgrade of the A1 to full motorway status would presumably involve bypassing the village, and bringing peace to those houses right on the road for the first time in generations.
Uploaded to Geograph by Christopher Hilton on 20 February 2012
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