The Baltic Triangle…
11 Brownfields
2 completely boarded off. Having already been in one compromising position today – I didn’t fancy getting into another – so therefore I didn’t evaluate them.
Nestled together in and area which is not even a grid square in you’re A-Z…
The Baltic Triangle is an eclectic mix of architecture, people, and use. Formidable brick warehouses, modern industrial units, impressive Georgian town houses (opposite a post-modern city park), small residential houses, social and private, (opposite a derelict recreation ground), luxury new build apartments, one with a very private walled courtyard – which, I was told, by a chap up a ladder fixing a camera to the external wall, was paved with granite slabs and had a few pots containing shrubs – and all sheltered from the rain by a canopy.
"What exactly is the canopy?" I asked
“Is an architect’s vision – architects have visions you know…”
He went on…
“It’s supposed to reflect the history of the area – its nautical…is that the right word?”
Good question…
Now this particular block of apartments overlooks an electricity sub station – and I do feel this particular sub station is worth a mention because it has been landscape designed… a striking stripy gravel design with sunken lighting …
But sadly, even when someone does introduce order – and you can’t get much more orderly than parallel lines - idiots still dump their crap.

Continuing with the eclectic mix… a Swedish Church, a Catholic primary school, a classic Victorian pub – the Baltic Fleece, a McDonalds, and an amazing art venue.