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Re: House numbers that jump

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gepree68 wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:30 Westover Drive in Bristol does an "M65" in that the numbers go 1A, 1, 2, 3, ...

This is because 1A was built later than 1 to 9, and they couldn't give the new house number 0.
Why not? Several railway stations now have a platform 0.
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the cheesecake man wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 13:22
gepree68 wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:30 Westover Drive in Bristol does an "M65" in that the numbers go 1A, 1, 2, 3, ...

This is because 1A was built later than 1 to 9, and they couldn't give the new house number 0.
Why not? Several railway stations now have a platform 0.
Stockport is a good example.
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I hate the missing out 13 thing. Irrational nonsense. Doesn't help that it's often inconsistent too. Certainly in these parts, older terraces tend to include it but new housing estates tend not to. It's compounded by the concept of displaying house numbers being a bit "common" for many people these days and then having to guess if next door to 11 is 13 or 15.
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the cheesecake man wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 13:22
gepree68 wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 10:30 Westover Drive in Bristol does an "M65" in that the numbers go 1A, 1, 2, 3, ...

This is because 1A was built later than 1 to 9, and they couldn't give the new house number 0.
Why not? Several railway stations now have a platform 0.
That's not really the same thing. I suspect there are many address databases that are not set up for properties numbered 0.

I think most platform 0s are a result of an additional platform being added that is on the wrong side to be numbered one higher than the previous highest number. Saying that, the additional platform added at Stevenage a year or two ago has been numbered 5 when the adjacent platform is 1.
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Gareth wrote: Wed Jan 12, 2022 23:18 I hate the missing out 13 thing. Irrational nonsense. Doesn't help that it's often inconsistent too. Certainly in these parts, older terraces tend to include it but new housing estates tend not too. It's compounded by the concept of displaying house numbers being a bit "common" for many people these days and then having to guess if next door to 11 is 13 or 15.
I do approve of those Local Authorities that refuse developers' requests to skip 13. For me, avoiding possible future confusion is more important than extra couple of grand or so's profit to what are, in the case of major developers, extremely profitable businesses whose interest in the area ceases to exist once they've sold the last plot.
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This isn't quite house numbers that jump, but it is similar. We have a very strange arrangement in our cul-de-sac, where the houses go up in the usual arrangement (we are 76, next door is 80, then 82 etc.) but there are also flats on the other side which have 4 flats in a block, with the 4 doors all on the front but they are numbered 70, 68, 74, 72. This used to cause all sorts of bother when Amazon drivers, takeaway drivers etc. used to walk along the front of the flats and see number 74 and think that the next door was 76 and leave our packages or food with the owner of one of the flats. Not a huge issue if he's in and able to point them in the right direction, but when he wasn't in stuff used to get left by his door (out in the elements getting wet/cold) or left in his utilities cupboard. Sometimes he would take them in for us but the guy is a chain smoker (and we hate smoking) so the stuff would stink when we got it, and as he was a night owl and we never really saw each other during the day sometimes we would go for ages not getting our packages delivered. Now we have an additional note on Amazon to make sure it doesn't go to that neighbour (who isn't a bad guy or anything, but just because of all the hassle).
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trickstat wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 00:01 I think most platform 0s are a result of an additional platform being added that is on the wrong side to be numbered one higher than the previous highest number. Saying that, the additional platform added at Stevenage a year or two ago has been numbered 5 when the adjacent platform is 1.
That is usually the case. You might think "Why not adjust all the numbers by one?" but the computer systems (and passengers) would get too confused, so it is easier to just have a "0".

Geoff Marshall and Matt Parker visited (then) all the Platform 0s.

Geoff's videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTHOyTypNs8&t=712s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSarC44Bkjk

Matt's video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPQRNmXVP8s

Back on topic, the odd numbers in Linksway in Folkestone used to end at 47. The road was later extended, and whilst the even numbers continue as normal, the odd numbers pick up again at 71... opposite 94. The car park of a Sainsbury's store is in place of the "missing" odd numbers.
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