In message , Harry Bloomfield
writes
Another John formulated the question :
Typically, instead of asking the local paper to notify readers that "the
road from A to B will be closed for X from DD ...", they have taken an
advert in the form of a Public Notice, and stated the po-faced bare
facts: "the C123 will be closed from its junction with the U456 to its
junction with the U987".

If you type into GoogleEarths search box c123 it will find the road and
zoom into to it.

For those who haven't found it already
http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx can be useful. Better aerial
photos than I find on Google Earth.

You may be impressed to see how much is available on line about land
owners and support payments/agreements:-(

--
Tim Lamb