Doors 316 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025 (Part II)
I am writing this all in a bit of a hurry last night, because today I’ll be travelling to Eastbourne to run a workshop for a large nature partnership. Expect to see some doors of Eastbourne some time in the future.
Today’s doors are the second helping from Godalming, a small town in Surrey bristling with character and heritage, which I visited on a similar work trip back in March this year. If nothing else, my work rewards me with opportunities to go to parts of the country I’d perhaps have never thought of going to, and Godalming is probably one of those.
I took these pictures in the evening I arrived and early in the morning before my workshop started, it is a routine I have mastered over the last year or two. I hope you enjoy these doors and some of the timber frame architecture.
Black door on High Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Black door and attractive surround, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Door to The Pepperpot (formerly the town hall), Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Inner door to The Pepperpot (formerly the town hall), Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Door and shopfront to Pavilion (no more), Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Sealed door and shopfront to Pavilion (no more), Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Green door to a timber frame house, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Blue door and accountant shopfront, Mint Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025Two doors, brick and stone ground floor and timber frame building, Church Street, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
That’s enough Surrey culture for the time being. More to come next time. May I wish you all a very happy weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 315 – Doors of Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
It sounds like an interesting place, Godalming, but I had never visited until earlier this year, and as it turns out, it is a lovely, small, Surrey town. I was there with work for a partnership workshop I was leading, preparing for a celebration event for England’s newest National Nature Reserve, called Wealden Heaths. Sadly I never got to go to the celebration event itself, but I am told it was a perfect day, and we generated plenty of local and national coverage. Job done.
The town is very much centred around a single main street, called High Street, which is home to a wonderful array of timber-framed shops and houses in a Surrey style, quite different to those I have encountered in other parts of the country. This first set of doors are found on the route from the station to the High Street. I hope you enjoy this first of three or four collections from Godalming.
Station building and black door, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Ghost door on the station building, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Surrey Place (not so) luxury office suites, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Front door to Surrey Place (not so) luxury office suites, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Timber framed house and door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Small cottage and gabled front door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
Beautiful surrey timber framed cottage and front door, Mill Lane, Godalming, Surrey, March 2025
More to come from this rather pretty town next time, and perhaps for the next couple of times after that. Meanwhile, I am basking in the brilliant and unusually wonderful summer sunshine we are having in Bristol, with little sign of rain for more than a week.
That’s it for another week. I prepared this post in advance, and I am publishing it very early (UK time) on Thursday, because when I did this by mistake a few weeks ago, I had far more views than I would normally expect. I am testing the idea once again, but this time deliberately, to see if that was an anomaly or a real effect.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 313 – Leicester, Leicestershire (part III) – May 2024
This is the final selection of doors from a visit I made to Leicester with work in May 2024. I did however return in June 2024 and captured a whole load more doors, but I will save these for another day. While Leicester is the sort of city that you drive past or have to have a good reason to go there, it has an interesting history and special culture all of its own, and the surrounding countryside is quite beautiful.
I hope you enjoy the final selection in this series:
Arrivals gateway at Leicester Station, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Ornate Indian restaurant door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Gate and black door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Ordinary door to the thinnest of buildings, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Fancy doorway with as utilitarian door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Grey door to the disused Carron Buildings, Rutland Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Three doors into the Secular Society secular hall, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Ghost door on the weighbridge toll collector’s house, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Large arched door with ornate balcony, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Well that’s it for another week and the end of this visit to Leicester. Something different to come next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 312 – Leicester, Leicestershire (part II) – May 2024
This is a second selection of doors from Leicester, a city I visited for the first time in May 2024. I was there for work, but made the most of my overnight stay to explore the city and naturally take some door photographs.
Leicester is not a ‘honey pot’ city that you would necessarily choose as a holiday destination, but it has its own distinctive history, heritage and charm, and is surrounded by some beautiful Leicestershire countryside.
These doors are the middle selection of three, I hope you enjoy them:
You have to love doors within doors like this one, Leicester, May 2024Grey door with interesting panelling, Leicester, May 2024Two fine black doors, Leicester, May 2024Ornate door and large lamp, Leicester, May 2024Sumptuous deep red doors, Leicester, May 2024Street art door, Leicester, May 2024Entrance to Royal Arcade, with doors aplenty, Leicester, May 2024Haymarket memorial clock tower with gated arches, Leicester, May 2024Haymarket memorial clock tower with gated arches, Leicester, May 2024
So that’s it for this week, with one more selection from Leicester, although that isn’t quite true, because I returned to the city a couple of months later, with my team in to visit the new Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood National Nature Reserve which had just been declared and was the purpose of my visit on this occasion, so expect a second set of doors from Leicester in due course.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 311 – Leicester, Leicestershire (part I) – May 2024
One of the main reasons that I am enjoying my work so much at the moment is that I get to travel around the country helping teams and partnerships declare new National Nature Reserves. These NNRs are the lesser-know sibling of National Parks and National Landscapes (formerly Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs)). There are about 220 NNRs in England, and they are the country’s best places for nature.
There is a Government target to create 25 new significant NNRs over a five-year period, and we are in the second year of rolling this out. In May 2024, a new National Nature Reserve was declared called Bradgate Park, which is a ten-minute drive outside Leicester. I was lucky enough to be there at the launch event and stayed the night before in Leicester – naturally it was an opportunity to photograph some doors. This is the first selection of doors from that visit:
Door and gable end to Grade I listed Leicester Guildhall, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Door to Grade I listed Leicester Guildhall, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Blue door and sprinkler stop valve, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Main door to Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Door to Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Old wooden door and glass panels, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
Wide old door, Leicester, Leicestershire, May 2024
While Leicester Cathedral isn’t much to write home about, the guildhall next door is a pretty special building. More to come from this trip to Leicester next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 310 – Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, September 2023
This week I am taking you to a sleepy Lincolnshire town, once a celebrated seaside destination, but now a faded Victorian haunt where poverty and deprivation is intermingled with former prosperity.
I was lucky enough to visit Cleethorpes in September 2023 for the launch of the first of 25 new National Nature Reserves (NNR) being declared over a period of five years called the King’s Series in celebration of King Charles III coming to the throne. These National Nature Reserves are bigger, better and more joined up, allowing nature to overspill into surrounding areas. This first one (the Lincolnshire Coronation Coast NNR) spans a long stretch of the Lincolnshire coast adjacent to urban areas, providing opportunities for people to easily connect with nature on their own doorstep. It incorporated some already well established nature reserves, such as Donna Nook, famous for its seals.
While I was stopping over, I managed to get a long walk under my belt and snapped a few doors, which is pretty much my modus operandi wherever I go these days. I hope you enjoy these doors, and of course the mandatory English Victorian seaside town pier.
Cleethorpes Pier, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Victoria Hotel Garage doors, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Door and fine doorway to the re-purposed Cleethorpes Post Office, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Rather forlorn Beach Nightclub doors, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Pub door with a wonderful Tetley’s lamp, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Abdul’s wonderfully themed restaurant door, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Classic seaside town door and house frontage, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
A nice pair of red doors, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Superb blue door and Victorian gable fronted porch, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
The Mermaid fish and chips restaurant, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Doorway into the Mermaid fish and chips restaurant, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Classic seaside town beachfront food stall, shuttered up, Cleethorpes, England, September 2023
Before I went to Cleethorpes, my expectations were quite low, generally it is considered to be an ‘eyebrow raising’ moment when you tell anyone you are going to Cleethorpes, but I have to say I rather fell in love with the place. The coastline with its marshes is spectacular, the seafront shops and guest houses, and there is something rather wistful about the place.
I’m not sure where I’m going for Thursday doors next time – it’ll have to be a surprise.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 308 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part VIII), September 2024
I made a mistake last week. Today is not my last post from Copenhagen, it is in fact definitely the penultimate post and next time will be the last one – I promise.
I am getting a little overwhelmed with work and real life distractions, but my blog is my safe space where I can exercise a little mindfulness and calm, for me. I try to make time and space to write every day, and even though some of it is absolute nonsense, it is a great discipline. I say all this, to try and explain my error last week. It is, however, trivial and unimportant.
This week’s doors are from a slightly less affluent area of Copenhagen and is a series of graffiti doors. My knowledge of Danish street/graffiti artists is negligible, so I won’t even try to identify them. I do like the way doors are used in this way, whether it is high-end art or simply tagging, it adds a layer of story to the doors. I hope you enjoy them.
Rex and Bobby door, Estlandsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Heavily tagged doors Viktoriagade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Tagged steps, entrance and door, Dybbolsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Three sets of doors, Ullerupgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Tagged door with a rather nice owl in the middle, Amerikavej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
So much tagging going on with these institution doors, Kapelvej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Fabulous character painted on basement doors, Kapelvej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Yellow bird and double doors (I saw a lot of this bird character on my visit), Norrebrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
While I recognise that this selection of doors might not be everyone’s cup of tea, they further illustrate a different aspect of how doors are seen and used. Next time, I will be bidding a fond farewell to the doors of Copenhagen, I hope to see you then.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 307 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part VII), September 2024
Eek! I have had quite a disrupted week this week, spending Monday and Tuesday in Leeds/Bradford/Saltaire, and I have lost my rhythm. I can’t believe it is already Thursday, and naturally I am ill prepared for Thursday Doors, other than that I clearly have a vast archive of doors in the pipeline. Furthermore, I had forgotten that Dan is having a rest from Thursday Doors this week, but that he will be including submissions in his Sunday roundup.
Today’s selection of doors I think will be the penultimate entry from Copenhagen, and I am already looking forward to which doors to follow up with. This week’s doors are from the North West and West of Copenhagen, continuing along the banks of the artificial lakes and into some rather more Bohemian areas of the city. Here we go:
Community sharing spaces with rather tatty doors, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Red door for clothes swapping and sharing space, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Yellow door for book swapping, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Street library with glass doors, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
The perfect door and bicycle combination, Ewaldsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Wonderful blue door ‘Brandvej’ = fire lane, Ewaldsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Beautifully framed door with window above, Ewaldsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Stunning door surround, Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Black doors in an arched doorway, Viktoriagade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Fine blue door with a kick board and glass panels, Sonder Boulevard, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
Although the variety of doors in Copenhagen is vast, as vast as any other city, there is a distinct local style, particularly in the architecture surrounding the doors, that is so different from our doors in England, and elsewhere. The joy of Thursday Doors, vive la différence.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 306 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part VI), September 2024
Another Thursday Doors post written in haste and in advance, because I am working in Warrington over Wednesday and Thursday this week and have little spare time to craft a post then. Thank goodness for a May Bank Holiday!
In truth, there isn’t too much to write about, because this is the sixth in the series of Copenhagen doors so far from a mini-break I had there with my mother in September last year.
The doors in this selection are mostly from the Østervold and Nørrevold districts, alongside the series of three artificial lakes in the northern part of the City. By the time I got to this district, I had been walking at pace for about 8 miles, and was starting to flag a little, but not too much to capture a door or two. I hope you enjoy them.
Door, archway and tree, Rigensgade, Copenhagen, September 2024
Methodist Church door, Rigensgade, Copenhagen, September 2024
Green doors and newspaper, Stokhusgade, Copenhagen, September 2024
Beautiful old wooden door, Oster Farimagsgade, Copenhagen, September 2024
Stunning doors with circular windows on the path alongside Sortedams So, Copenhagen, September 2024
Fine green doors and skylight on the path alongside Sortedams So, Copenhagen, September 2024
Modern doors at No. 91A on the path alongside Sortedams So, Copenhagen, September 2024
Two side doors, a central archway and fountain, Sortedam Dossering, Copenhagen, September 2024
Door at No.27 with bicycles and picket fence on the pathway alongside Sortedams So, Copenhagen, September 2024
Green studded door, Wesselsgade, Copenhagen, September 2024
Quite a lot to get through there. I hope I am not testing your patience, especially as there are still probably another two or three selections from Copenhagen still to come. Expect more next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 305 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part V), September 2024
Life is flashing by. April is over, and we are saying farewell to the first third of 2025. Unusually, we have had a pretty dry start to the year in England, especially March and April, and are experiencing summer temperatures this week, which is both delightful and worrying in equal measure.
I managed to spend an unseasonably warm few days in Copenhagen last September whilst on a city break with my mother. Perhaps ‘unseasonably warm’ or ‘biblical rainfall’ or ‘beast from the east’ are terms we will hear more and more frequently as we hurtle towards climate breakdown. I hope not, but it somehow feels like humanity has reached the age of stupid.
This week’s selection from Copenhagen are from the Kastelette citadel area to the northeast of the city and close to the most famous icon of all Denmark, the little mermaid statue, which is where I was heading for when I took these photographs. Here we go…
Door through a doorway, Bredgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Windmill door, Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Kastellet door, Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Gateway and guardroom doors, Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024The Little Mermaid statue, Copenhagen, September 2024
Green door with perch, Store Kongensgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Green door and red shutters, Store Kongensgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Grand doors, skylight and brick surround, Borgergade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Fine doors and roses growing out of nothing, Sankt Pauls Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Three-panelled double doors on St Paul’s church, Gernersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024A simple symmetry of doors windows and shutters, Gernersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
So there it is, this week’s Thursday Doors post has melted away as quickly as the year so far has. Still more to come from Copenhagen next time… and the time after that…
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Natural adventures 