When A3 through Horndean was little more than a country lane | Nostalgia
![THEN: London Road, Horndean, in the 1950s.](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmZlMjQyMzRiLWMzZDMtNDkwNi04ZTdmLWRlMTk5NDc1ZTBmZjo5ZjMzOGYxNC1iNTAwLTQzYTEtOGExYy05YTA2ZmE1YjZhMTI=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![THEN: London Road, Horndean, in the 1950s.](/img/placeholder.png)
On the left is the Co-op store, now a house clearance shop.
The building with the bay window has long since gone. At the bottom of the hill the road took a sharp left heading onward to Petersfield or turned right for Emsworth. The trees make it a beautiful photograph.
On the right is a bus stop with one of those larch shelters that which protected passengers from the weather. I assume the bus pulled into the lay-by and passengers ran forward to board.
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Hide Ad![NOW: A view down the old London Road in 2020. Picture: Bob Hind](https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcwNmMzMTIzLTkyZjAtNDQ2Ny1hOTNjLWU3MzI0MzZkYTcwMDo2ZTI2M2RmZC1lM2Y1LTQ3YzItYTNjNC0wZmYxYWQ2ZGFkNTY=.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![NOW: A view down the old London Road in 2020. Picture: Bob Hind](/img/placeholder.png)
The ‘today’ picture shows the same view taken from the original spot and what changes we see. Everything on the left has gone to be replaced by a parade of shops with flats above and a lay-by at the front.
All the trees on the right have gone and a hotel built there.
The road, still called the A3, has been widened as has the pavement which now allows cyclists to ride in safety. Behind camera is a bridge with the new A3(M) passing beneath it taking much traffic away from the village.
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