Blue Peter
In 1926 Auto Tyre Services, later Blue Peter Retreads Ltd, started a factory at Worting Town End in Basingstoke. In 1929 it installed machinery for compounding its own rubber, and became the largest factory in the country devoted exclusively to retreading.
Retread, not to be mistaken with remold it's higher quality counterpart, is a re-manufacturing process for tires that replace the tread on worn tires. Retreading is applied to casings of spent tires that have been inspected and repaired. It preserves about 90% of the material in spent tires and the material cost is about 20% compared to manufacturing a new one.
Worting Road is located within the county of Hampshire which is in the South East (England) region of the UK. 46.96 miles West from the centre of London, 1.98 miles West from the centre of Basingstoke, 14.89 miles South West from the centre of Reading and 15.76 miles East from the centre of Andover. Worting Road is part of the B3400 which is the original route of the A30 between Basingstoke and Andover in Hampshire, as well as the historic postal route through the area.
The route now starts at the Thornycroft Roundabout on the A340, the western section of the Basingstoke Ring Road, where it also meets the A3010. There is a short section of (now 50mph) dual carriageway before the road reaches the oval West Ham Roundabout (the odd shape is partially due to the location of a fire station directly exiting onto the roundabout). The route continues on as a (now 40mph) single carriageway built in the 1970s as part of the town expansion works. After the next roundabout the road joins its original alignment as it passes (at 30mph) through Buckskin and Worting.
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Blue Peter
In 1926 Auto Tyre Services, later Blue Peter Retreads Ltd, started a factory at Worting Town End in Basingstoke. In 1929 it installed machinery for compounding its own rubber, and became the largest factory in the country devoted exclusively to retreading.
Retread, not to be mistaken with remold it's higher quality counterpart, is a re-manufacturing process for tires that replace the tread on worn tires. Retreading is applied to casings of spent tires that have been inspected and repaired. It preserves about 90% of the material in spent tires and the material cost is about 20% compared to manufacturing a new one.
Worting Road is located within the county of Hampshire which is in the South East (England) region of the UK. 46.96 miles West from the centre of London, 1.98 miles West from the centre of Basingstoke, 14.89 miles South West from the centre of Reading and 15.76 miles East from the centre of Andover. Worting Road is part of the B3400 which is the original route of the A30 between Basingstoke and Andover in Hampshire, as well as the historic postal route through the area.
The route now starts at the Thornycroft Roundabout on the A340, the western section of the Basingstoke Ring Road, where it also meets the A3010. There is a short section of (now 50mph) dual carriageway before the road reaches the oval West Ham Roundabout (the odd shape is partially due to the location of a fire station directly exiting onto the roundabout). The route continues on as a (now 40mph) single carriageway built in the 1970s as part of the town expansion works. After the next roundabout the road joins its original alignment as it passes (at 30mph) through Buckskin and Worting.
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www.streetlist.co.uk/rg/rg22/rg22-6/worting-road