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Love the detailing, but one mistake. Farms, and Gardens shouldn't have tall trees near them except on the North side. Trees on the North shield from Northern Winds, and do not block any sun.
That's a good point. So what do they plant on the other directions? Smaller trees or just shrubs?
Same on the fields he did a couple episodes ago
@@TheMattCosta Thought that as well at first but those looked rather industrialized so a lack of public pathways can be forgiven IMHO.
@@automation7295 Biffa's going for realism tho
I mean, my garden has loads of tall trees predominately on the south east side. I think some disbelief can be suspended.
Biffa is making UK based city..
Expectations: London
Reality: Oxford
Great detailing Biffa loved it!
It kinda look like smaller town verison of Brighton.
I’ve got to be honest .I was quite surprised and impressed with the ammount of detail Biffa put into this episode … It looked sooo beautiful and is a real honest depiction of what the UK looks like. I was somewhat expecting the stereotypical British architecture we outside of the UK are used to seeing , but to see the ammount of work put into the decorations is simply awesome …
Thankyou 👍😁👍
@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines the allotments are great. now you need a big garden center on the outskirts of the town. maybe with a park and tea rooms
@jacko5do5 there is a row of allotments about 100 yards from where I live. they fill the space between the houses and the railway nicely
@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines You forgot the water feature/canal/creek that is usually going through/next the allotments though.
@@Tony_Regime There was/is a similar movement in Germany called "Schrebergaerten". I wonder how they are different. From the look of it they might be more compartmentalized/individual but I'm not very familiar with either. (Or is it neither? Negatives are always tricky for me in English.)
Hi farmgirl here... The mentioned tree rows you see around places like this are quite functional. They protect the young growth from strong winds and they provide food and housing for natural pest controllers. This build is such a good idea!! Many people seem to become increasingly interested in growing their own biological harvest. The only thing I'd expect to see is one very rural electricity line to power the coffee machine in the caravan ♥ XD
The ones that were installed about ten years after everyone else got power, but have never been updated since their installation 🤣
Based on my experience of growing up in a cotswolds village, your allotment is great! What I think could be missing maybe is horse fields down the road! Heres the thing, horse riding is such a big thing in this area, so realistically especially around farms there's probably going to be a lot of just blank horse fields with public footpaths. Now this relates to the allotment because the local farmers give out the manure for free in my village so the gardeners can use it as fertilizer. Maybe it's a little niche, but it would be a nice detail (I'm talking a HUGE manure pile lol). The allotments my family had also had a large farm house right beside it if that helps, im guessing it was kind of part of their farm land.
My biggest suggestion is honestly just fields and footpaths, which I guess seems a little weird, but it would add so much. Imagine a way you could actually walk between all the villages you're going to set up!
As for the railway, it's super cool, I think you should add a museum kind of thing. If they have steam trains, you can bet that city is going to MILK tourists for it.
A much later idea probably that I just think would be cool is a big farm park (you know like the type kids can go feed lambs and there's a bunch of playgrounds). If you wanted to take up a bunch of space, I feel like a centre parks style thing would be really cool too, plus you could blend it into the woods on the border of the map or something so it would be a nice 'practical' edge.
Edit: Also, you should totally name a village St Hugo's
IIRC he already has the museum at his hub. He could do another one or even try to build a large engine shed with a railway turntable at the other station.
I agree on walking path between horse pastures and adding stables and manure lots of manure. This sounds very cool and is also something I grew up with. (Radebeul/Lindenau near Dresden and Moritzburg in Germany)
@jacko5do5 Might look better from the air but it's harder on the trains or rather the maintenance.
@@kaltaron1284 It rings a bell! I think what I mean then is making it a bigger complex, I guess?
@@livixxxhimym Oh, multiple sheds and maybe a small track for the tourists? That would be a great idea.
@jacko5do5 I thought you meant like having the engines on display outside which is done in places but it's never very good for the engine in the end.
A complex on the other hand with multiple sheds, turntables, tracks, old stations and stuff. Yeah, that would be neat.
The train takes the long way round from that station to the village, and the "crow-flies" distance between the two is absolutely walkable. I can imagine Geoff Marshall making a video about that trip as the shortest one in Britain. What I mean is, I think the two-car train was more than enough for that route. If there were one-car trains, it would have been even better.
British Rail mate..... nuff said 🤣🤣
Some people are lazy and will go a further distance just to save the energy from walking, like ME! Plus now and then it's refreshing to just take a ride and look at nature!
speaking of Geoff, who remembers how many times he said "allotments" in his London's Lost Railways series?
Biffa placing down UK post offices.
My brain: starts playing the postman pat theme song... 🤣
I never thought that but now that you have mentioned it it's stuck in my head.
He did thank Pat. That's when it started in my brain
Since you mentioned that now I stuck I my head XD
please do a historical monument/stately home and grounds dedicated to Hugo There, Duke of Blightea!
The hours you spend on detailing is very much appreciated, always gives me something to look forward too 👍
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Words cannot describe how much I was in need of another episode of this lovely city! Now my weekend can truly start!
The allotment looks great. I would suggest adding invisible city park gates to the ends of the paths. Seems like a good way to simulate people paying for the allotments and get see people to actually walk around there.
How can you place invisible park gates?
@@kaltaron1284 there's a mod for it
@@lewismackenzie7533 Nice. So you can rob your citizens and it's not immediately visible. I like it.
The strange thing about cities skyline is that I often go for ages without playing or even thinking about it, but then every time I watch a Biffa video I end up getting a massive urge to play it again because it's such a fun game
Loving the allotments and these small rural British villages. Although usually you'd get a small, fenced-off plot per person/household - where-as this feels much more open like it's a community allotment. Which would be great if there was a self-sufficient town next to it, and a farmers market too.
The moment you said allotment's my little British heart sang, I also understood why it took so long. It looks amazing...suggestion...a couple of small allotments in 'council' style areas could work. I grew up in Manchester and some of the lower rent areas would have them squeezed into multiple areas where housing couldn't fit or wasn't a good idea like near rail bridges or industrial estates.
I was really hoping you were going to go to Swindon and we’d get the Magic Roundabout. 😁
But now I can’t wait for an Oxbridge University town. Gothic buildings, punts, and cricket pitches galore!
biffa built a magic roundabout in good old Teaport if i remember correctly
@@greenmachineaustria yeah that brings back memories. Took him ages to get it working correctly (and can't blame him for that)
I think an interesting idea for a future episode would be some sort of small race track. Motorsport has always been big in the UK and a historic style track like oulton park or Cadwell would fit nicely in the countryside and it's something I personally haven't seen in other city builds.
Roadworks! What UK city doesn't have road works! Speed camera vans random police stops! I think this will really help detail some of the roads! Keep up the great series!
Biffa, your Blightea is missing hedges! There are tons of hedges in the UK! Especially in little allotment areas.
Could you do a Netherlands city after this one? Because they have those separated bus and bike lanes. That's probably challenging to build.
Interesting building challenge. I guess you are thinking of a place like Almere, because we definitely don't have it everywhere. There are plenty of older cities and small villages that have all the traffic crammed into a single road.
It's a fun challenge. The worst part I found about building a Dutch city is they have a ton of good roads with bike lanes on the workshop, but on most of them the bike lanes are green. So a lot of modded roads are unusable because our bike lanes are supposed to be red. There's some great looking Dutch trains and police/ambulance/etc vehicles on there though.
I used to live in Haarlem so I would love to see an old city with canals and a cathedral in the middle, with more modern areas outside, and of course flower farms nearby. Some clever bike routes and a very efficient transit system would also be very cool.
What about a large stately home and it's grounds changed into a national park like Chatsworth or Blenheim palace, maybe even a zoo incorporated like Longleat?
I love how the camera shakes at 13:27 as you laugh, as though you were actually there on that street physically holding a camera. Next level immersion
I'd love to see a little market street with market stalls or car boot sale somewhere, I think that would look fantastic
As an allotment UA-camr it's safe to say this has been my favourite episode of the series so far 😅 seeing all the effort that's gone into all those props makes my heart sing
I think you should make a local and station bus lines instead pull all the lines to the station...
Sometimes is faster to move a bus inside the neighborhood and have a dedicated bus to the station than all lines travel the entire city to stop on the station, and also makes less traffic.
Agreed! Especially since they all need to go past the busy already roundabout highway junction
The allotments look great. IRL most allotments are a standard size, so the allotments would look like a sea of rectangles all shaped the same with paths seperating them. Recently councils have been splitting them in halves so they can rent more.
Post war council estate next?
Hi Biffa, loving this series so far. I'm a Chester boy, so thought it would be best to suggest a bit of a Roman town, exposed city walls, tight streets that definitely didn't have cars in mind resulting in lots of one-ways, maybe throw in some Chester-style Tudor row buildings too.
Other things that could be fun for the city, horserace track, outdoor go kart track, medieval theme park (RIP Camelot).
Excited to see the city grows!
Thank you so much for spending time giving us amazing content, you cheered me up through some not so easy times recently. I'm very grateful.
In 1974-1977 my father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford and we lived bed near Oxford in Long Hanborough. One of our most treasured memories is going to Blenheim Palace this n Woodstock. Maybe while expanding the new area, you could include a palace with a formal garden. Thanks for this great build, I love the British aspect you’re achieving. Be Safe and Be Blessed Biffa.
I live verry close to an allotment and I know what's missing. Cars. People usually drive their vehicles to the plot of land they own in the allotment, usually because they can't carry their items by themselves. so if you dot around a few prop vehicles in the allotment that would probably finish it in my opinion.
this build is absolutely amazing and something i haven't seen anywhere else! well done Biffa!
postman pat, postman pat, postman pat and his black and white cat
Things I found really beautiful while traveling between the little villages in England: ruins in the middle of fields, dry stone walls, an abundance of sheep, houses all made from the same yellow stone
In the bigger cities: Victorian arcade shopping centres
Also, judging from my limited time in the UK, there are not nearly enough TESCOs or Nanda's in Blightea haha
Loved you talking about my hometown Biffa, think that's a UA-cam first for me! The first area you looked at is the Botley road and Osney Island it's a very nice area of old terraced houses which are now ridiculously expensive considering they were built for working class people!
Incidentally, as I'm sure you already know, the terraces were built by factory owners to attract workers also building schools, shops and pubs on every corner. Perhaps it would be good to add some old factory assets to your terraces if you can find them, you could also change the use to residential as they are often converted to flats in the modern day.
My wife's family back in the 80s use to live down by the canal in Jericho, now they live in Barton Blackbird Leys and Headington they are nice enough areas but to crowded for me I'm happy enough living in my little part of the Cotswolds in West Oxfordshire.
At 13:15 the Ocado home delivery van is essentially a post van. The assets for home delivery from supermarkets mirror post so they’re set up the same.
2000+ hours?!?! Wow , that's a lot of detailing!
Nice job Biffa!🎉
Well of cours he didnt spend 2000 hours in detailing. He means his over all playtime.
@@scharfzahn1005 Nope says it in the title so it must be true otherwise Biffa is lying and I will unsubscribe because I can't support anyone who would tell porkie pies!! 🤣🤣😉
a german train doesn't really fit in with the british aesthetic. I know it's maybe not noticable to most, but it's a small detail similar to having cars driving on the correct side of the road and the right sorta houses.
True but if the workshop doesn't have anything else it is at least a close second. He did mention that he had another option, wonder what that one was.
To be fair, it might be German, but its still a BR train lmao
I mean ...i think theirs an indiana jones film in production that uses a british 9F to represent a german train so i suppose they wont mind if we nick one back lol
@@TonySpike the BR in the name is for Baureihennummer, which yes is very english right
Giving credit where credit is due, there is no way I'd have the patience for that level of detail. Looked amazing. Kudos.
Oh yes! This is perfect for the mix of ADHD and OCD I've got
Allotment gardens are really only for fun where I live, much smaller flower and veg beds, and quite disorganized. Everybody has sheds, little decks, picnic tables, barbecues, lawn chairs and beach umbrellas… This size looks more like a commercial farm to me, especially the greenhouses. Hey, you could make some private farms with smaller fields, farmhouses, fruit and veggie gardens!
I always activate the "buses may ignore lane arrows" option in the TMPE mod menu, so you I don't have to worry about the lane arrows on my bus routes and roads. It might cause a tiny bit of issues when a bus crosses a busy intersection but cars want to turn. On most roads it works great though I tink. I Love your video's btw, this is one of my favourite series already 😁
That allotment build is fantastastic! Apologies if it's already been mentioned but maybe adding a few cars like landrovers throughout could add a little something.
24:00 - all those allotment assets would plop down wonderfully on zoned pathways. They think they’re roads, so you have to ban everything other than sos and city services, but having a greenway with allotments on one side and a river on the other would look amazing
i love the new allotment area. I dont know if it is like this as well in England, but in Denmark, people have small private allotments in an area together with other peoples allotments. They also have small huts called allotment huts. I think you really captured the vibe of old caravans and garden chairs all over the place lol.
Another thing from a couple of episodes ago, I'm not sure all schools are set to the uk amount of students, where they have higher capacity, So that would give more capacity to change that, also as the city grows :)
All of the allotments I've been to are the same as yours 🙂 we tend to have a patch of land per person all next door to each other and it's up to the owner if they want to put fences around their plot or if they want to put a private shed on the patch
My only issue with this, as someone who lived next to allotments in Blyth, Northumberland, each individual allotment would be fenced off. They get plots of land to have, the fences are always mismatched and made out of whatever materials they can their hands on too.
Right now, this looks too much like a garden centre.
That post office was called Chester le Street and it’s actually the one in CLS. Superb by whoever made that asset.
Biffa! I absolutely loved this episode! The allotment area was INCREDIBLE! Please continue doing this type of detailing, at least every once in a while, it makes the city look much more realistic and ALIVE! I also really enjoyed seeing where you took inspiration from in Google Earth, I love when creators show where they get their inspiration and this was no exception. In the US we don't have allotments so it was very interesting to see, and I'm excited to see where this city goes next. Have a wonderful week!
Hi Biffa, I’m not sure if it’s also like this in the UK, but in the countries I used to live, the allotments look a little bit different. What I mean is that the allotment complex is more like a collection of separate private parcels, each one with something like a shed or even summer house with the gardening tools, planting equipment or recreation stuff in it. Every such a parcel is usually bordered somehow - a fence, row of plants or a hedge. At your piece of good and hard work i see something more like a public space, property of a group of people or even a single person/ family.
I think in every country, also in UK the allotments look similar, because the idea of it is universal - a place to have a piece of privacy in the nature, being able to grow your own personal veggies and fruits or have ability to just relax outdoor with family and friends.
Love the fix with 2 lanes in one direction under one side of the bridge pillar and the 2 lanes in the other direction under its next door neighbor!
One suggestion for the train… move the node that has the diamond crossover on the rails just a bit further away from both stations, so that the locomotive doesn’t have to slide over to the other track.
Hey Biffa, I have got my 9 year old daughter deeply addicted to you videos. After seeing the caravans in the allotments she said you should make a caravan/holiday park somewhere. What's more British than a caravan holiday?!?!
Great idea, thank you :-)
@@BiffaPlaysCitiesSkylines I willnlet her know you replied and show her this. She will be so happy!
Regarding steam trains, I visited Poznan, Poland about ten years ago, and it claimed (true or not, I've no idea) the distinction of being the only city in the world which operated a steam train on a regular commuter service. A group of train enthusiasts had taken over an old rail depot in the town of Wolsztyn, and were running a scheduled service (two or three trips a day) between there and the Poznan central station... a distance of about 70km. Pretty cool if you're into that kind of thing...
Very satisfying seeing that allotment come together! City crying out for either a river or canal (or both) following the motorway then running alongside the farm road, under a railway arch, down past the village? Keep up the good work Biffa!
Just remember, if you're being inspired by Oxford then Jeremey Clarkson isn't wrong, Oxford HATES cars, needs to be very bike and pedestrian friendly though.
Also, the main road from Oxford to Swindon does exactly that sort of split to go under a viaduct carrying a rail line.
one thing you could add to the A and B roads between the towns and villages is a layby or two. maybe one for cars with a little picnic spot if there is a nice view and one for HGV's with a few prop lorries parked up
you also need a butty van there for the bacon and tea :)
@@mantabloke8141 definitely or maybe an ice-cream van at a picnic spot if it's summer
If you find you have issues with the longer trains you can use node controller on the rails at the end of the stations. You can push the points further out which helps with the train flipping over the rails :)
Loved the allotments detailing
I would love to see a horse farm with loads of fields and maybe a caravan park. I think we also now need some history - castles and stately homes would make it feel really British. Maybe you could find Stonehenge?! Loving it so far.
The detail is amazing but usually they are located near rivers or water reserve type areas for irrigation stuff so maybe some sort of mini river or lake would make it look good 👍
Most urban ones are nowhere near and use standing pipes
Looks a little bit more like some kind of co-op garden project then classical allotments. But I like it very much. And Biffa, you are really up to date with that, as cooperative urban gardening seems to be the future. And it absolutely must be shown a lot more in city skylines.
To me it looks a lot like the cooperative used an old gardening company or flower farm site with all the old greenhouses. Maybe you could name it something like "The Rooibos co-op gardening project".
It would be great to see a big city (like London) in the future episodes with Georgian and Victorian architecture and and a four-track railway coming out of it with one part for local traffic and another for fast trains connecting (cutting through) all surrounding towns. And a mini- or semi- motorway ring like M25. People. Park and ride in small towns. The rail with bridges shaping towns like it used to.
Maybe that Oxford-inspired allotment town could already have a railway planned which would then continue onto the big city
You need waaaaay more sheds for this to be an allotment. Remember every small section is one person's plot and they're gonna want somewhere out of the rain to have a cuppa or whatever.
Biffa!!! A lot of times farms have reservoirs nearby to water their crops or the cattle/ heard. The water would also add value to the area, fire protection, And maybe a nature trail around. Also it's a good way to fill a odd shaped area that would be hard to build on. I also want to suggest walking tours through the parks and the stops could be a place of interest. Love the new UK theme!
watching the houses turn blue was so satisfying
I've been watching your channel since the beginning of Teaport, and I've gotta say this is by far the best thing I think you've ever built. Awesome work!
7:20 Jeez Biffa... you couldn't make that split more UNSAFE if you tried LOL. It's fine, we love you~
But really that should split MUCH further away and then softly join back up like an Interstate road, not swerve like the road is an English Longbow!
It feels so weird that the post office is from Chester-le street and I live 10 away from there and pass on the bus to work. It’s just so cool this uk build it feels so real!
This was nice change of pace. Wish more players would do farm's like this.
2. Building a man made forest next to it would fit nicely.
Keep up the good work.
Add a little stream maybe - on the other side a church and graveyard - Every allotment must have someone burning something
I bet those greenhouses are full of tea.
Just a tip:
On the TMPE settings there is a option for busses to ignore lane arrows.
I saw where you stated that "New Tealand" is winding down. Now, I know it would be a lot of tedious work for you, but wouldn't it be great if you could do a greatest hits type deal; you know, like going back and revisiting some your favorite builds in the city and breaking it down the way you remember it. Perhaps even a bloopers vid, coz you sure had a lot of them during that wonderful series. LOL! Keep up the great work, my friend!
You need a housing estate around the allotments, thats what its like where I live!
Love the detail and this series! :)
Love the details in this area. Very beautiful. I'm always looking forward to watching your episodes.
Blighty's coming along beautifully, and it really does come down to all the details, that you're meticulously placing. Great work!
Hi Biffa, I tried to get this over to you in the last video-
Trees do not grow naturally in straight lines. They grow randomly where the seedling can grow.
Also, look at the allotment in Oxford, none of it is in near rows; it's completely random because people do whatever they want or need and don't have the overhead view you get in CS.
Please can you be more random in your asset plopping or would your OCD go into overdrive!! 🤣
Great episode, love the detailing. Also love the proper UK-style motorway exit roundabout with the straight edges! One suggestion, the rounded edges of the roundabout would usually be at ground level, not raised on bridges.
The allotments definitely need a few scarecrows with a high vis jacket and a cone for a head. That would really complete the look!
8:57 I have noticed most roads in the UK don't have dotted lines when a single lane splits into 2 going in the same direction or when they merge. Just the curved arrows to show when lanes are merging.
Biffa is still one of the best city detailer in Cities Skylines. There's not many who has his eye for realistic details and design style and I'm always impressed by his quality of content.
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Hey biffa love this series so far and have a couple of ideas for upcoming episodes. Firstly as in Oxford, the River Thames ran straight through and you could create a river or stream and detail around the edges with shrubs maybe. Secondly, if you did decide to make a river you could have small lakes run off it and maybe have a nice path twist and turn round the edges as this is very common in towns and cities next to lakes such as Peterborough. Keep up the good work! 👍
Really enjoyed the detailing in this episode but, despite Biffa being inspired by and aiming for an allotment, I think the area actually looks more like commercial plant nursery or market garden than an allotment.
Still a brilliant build though.
Keep 'em coming Biffa!! 😃
the construction site is fantastic but now it's in the wrong place. it should be out on the edge of the suburb, not in the middle where land value is going up. maybe copy and paste it at the edge then use the original to zone in some residential
Hello Biffa ! Juste un petit commentaire d'un français pour te féliciter, ton contenu sur cities skyline est vraiment top ! A chaque fois que je vois une de tes vidéos, ça me donne envie de faire des projets ! Les musiques d'ascenseur que tu mets sont tellement bonnes ! :D Mais je crois que tu es une personne qui mérite que du bonheur, tu me fais rire, j'ai toute le temps hâte de voir tes vidéos et en plus de ça, tu as cet aspect british qui me plait ! Continue comme ça tu assure grave et au plaisir de voir tes vidéos !
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Hello Biffa! Just a short comment from a Frenchman to congratulate you, your content on cities skyline is really great! Every time I see one of your videos, it makes me want to make projects! the elevator music you put on is so good ! :D But I think you're a person who deserves only happiness, you make me laugh, I can't wait to see your videos all the time and on top of that, you have this British aspect that I like! Keep it up you're serious and looking forward to seeing your videos!
Looking at that "Oxford" intersection. If you want to make it more true-to-life then you should aim to have cut and fill at roughly the same volume. Every bit of soil used to build something up will ideally have come from another location _at the same site._ Because imported fill ain't cheap. For the same reason, roads will also tend to follow natural contours.
If this were done for real then the motorway through the middle would probably have been lowered slightly and the dug out soil used for the ring part, which then wouldn't need to be raised so high. The only bridge sections would then be where the roads cross. Preferably you'd keep as much of the junction as possible "at grade" (existing ground level)
Once you know what to look for, you'll recognise it at just about _every_ UK intersection you see.
I think some ponds or water features would finish the allotments off nicely. They will bring in the birds and the bees to have some flowery water features!
This level of detail is always what turns a good build into a great one. I love watching videos on the details as I have major PC envy as my laptop can't run the game with many assets. Also love the attention to detail on the editing as always! Great calming videos that never feel like they're losing interest
Just a quick mention, when you changed the road because the buses have to turn, look very closely at the traffic manger settings you can click the dot to allow buses to ignore lane markings and also force designated turn lanes. I also love the no stop on red rule and all the roundabout rules
Where you put the arrow signs where the road splits under the overpass, you should be in some water barrels or other crash reduction safety feature. In the US, not sure how different the UK is, that split would have guard rails and water barrels. The US drivers would eventually not follow the road and smash into the pillar. The injuries would be devastating (think Princess Diana type crash). Thanks for listening. I ride EMS and I see the accident waiting to happen.
Looks great, didn’t know what an allotment meant as used in the UK. Love the city, can’t wait for more!
I may be a yank but I love watching youtube channels of the British canals and narrowboats. I hope you can add some to the map at some point.
I'm in love with all that detail. I think I'd be too impatient to detail such a huge area. I'm more into detailing small gaps between buildings and such.
But definitely kudos to you, Biffa. You're a big inspiration! 👍
Maybe it's a good idea to keep the catenaries on the viaduct, because if an electric intercity train tries to enter the city, well, it can't 😅
Nah, you know all the trains in Blighty are old British Rail desiel pacer train stock which are 40+ years old and have been "refurbished", don't need any electrical wires for those rolling sheds
I’m being a nitpick and the effort is great, but standard allotments are 10 poles (about a tennis court) and can be subdivided into 5 or 2.5 poles sizes. Most places you won’t see many greenhouses as they are usually banned for safety reasons with blowing broken glass.
What you have built looks great but to me evokes small holdings rather than allotments
Also allotment land is frequently shoved in areas which are not desirable to build on (as most which are get taken over and sold) so for me it would look better if it backed onto the railway line and was more off the beaten track.
Also with your junction I would drop the height so you get embankment all the way up to the island and the only bridge bit is what crosses the motorway. Junction 9 M6 is a good example
A city farm or a park would be nice next to the allotments. Maybe be with an old mansion thats been converted to a cafe. A little history to the area.
Where are the Little Chefs ?!? Loved this episode so much! One of those junctions is begging for some service stations, a petrol station, maybe a Burger King but definitely a Little Chef !!
trees around farms aren't usually for visual privacy, they are surrounded by trees to provide a windbreak because it gets really windy out in the open and middle of nowhere!!!
Really nice looking stuff there Biffa. Wee tip if you want to make it more allotment and less garden centre (although that's not necessarily a bad thing to be modelling of course) is to take bits where you've put the same thing down a few times and transplant them with other doubled-up things elsewhere. I've been around allotments for the best part of 40 years and what you get in almost all is a shed and/or a greenhouse, plus plots. Fruit trees are common too.
Have to say though, sure looks nice. Is there a town going to be springing up around it? Pot(t) Biffley perhaps?
Biffa! The allotment's almost perfect but you forgot the disused plot in the corner that's full of everyone's rubbish and gets set alight periodically by the local kids.
And that one guy that constantly complains to the council about that caravan.
I have a sweet idea for the region between the motorway and the new road between the allotments and farm - a Business Park with offices! A nice modern one! ^w^
You could add a walking tour in the allotment area just to make it look like people are actually using it. Great episode as always!
How about more garden related stuff? Wheelbarrows, water barrels, maybe a composting area or some kind of comunity garden with a lot of flowers? And maybe make most of the ways narrow. Normally they are just for people, not cars
Love the allotments!
Another fun episode Biffa. Round where I live allotments fill in little parcels of land in built up areas to give urban residents access to small plots to grow fruit and (mainly) veg. Your project looks more like an out-of-town garden centre to me, especially with the groups of large polytunnels. A small patch of allotments might look good in amongst the old Victorian terraces near the football pitch.
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I think they're called Heritage Lines when they just have steam trains on.
Really love this British cities series. Especially the recent addition of the steam train. As Oxford is one your inspirations, would you consider popping in the Grand Union canal Oxford arm?
What a wonderful idea. Biffa, would CS allow you to build a canal network with working lock gates?
Frontier Post Office, K59 Post Office, Blank Post Office & Blank Sorting Facility or UK Terraced Shop - Post Office from the Steamshop, I watched the video and wanted to help you.