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Rich in historical significance and a real community spirited place.

We lived in Royal Parade for 2 years. The smell from Golden Circle is horrendous and it never quite goes away. It smells like a rotten pineapple mixed with cat poo and it is 100 times worse when it rains.Trains run from 5am to 1am, there is also frequent trackwork which starts at 11pm and goes till around 4am. This involves flashing lights, banging, scraping and it's impossible to sleep while it's going on. There is also the QR shed across the way. They bang and crash quite a bit too. Golden Circle works 24 hours a day so you have forklift noise and trucks reversing beeps 24/7 also. It's never actually quiet in that street. Mosquito's hang out in Royal Parade in plague proportions with the backyard being out of bounds for most of the warmer months. It is terrible for kids as unless they are completely covered in bug spray they are confined to the house. When it rains Royal Parade becomes a bit of a puddle. There is only a gutter one side of the road so the other side just fills up and then stagnates till it evaporates. There is plenty of public transport, lots of parks and Banyo village is full of wonderfully warm people. I would live in Banyo without any hesitation but never again would I live in Royal Parade.