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Read the sentences below and look at the map of Melton Park. Write a number next 
to each of these places: 
 
 
bank 

   ________ 

newsagent 

 ________ 

bookshop 

  ________ 

playing 

field 

 ________ 

clothes 

shop 

  ________ 

post 

office 

 ________ 

hospital   ________ 

school 

  ________ 

leisure 

centre 

  ________ 

supermarket 

 ________ 

Margaret Hart’s house 

________ 

surgery 

 

________ 

Mrs. Simon’s house   

________ 

train station   

________ 

museum 

  ________ 

 
 
The museum is next to the park. 
 
The playing field is opposite the station. 
 
To get to Mrs. Simon’s house go past the station and over the bridge. It’s on the 
left. 
 
The clothes shop is on the corner of Ford Road and River Street. 
 
The surgery is next door to the clothes shop. 
 
The leisure centre is on Murphy Road. 
 
The hospital is opposite the park. 
 
To get to the bank from the station, turn left and walk up River Street. Turn right onto 
Ford Road. The bank is halfway down the road on your left. 
 
The supermarket is opposite the bank. 
 
To get to the post office from the leisure centre, turn left and then right onto Oak 
Avenue. Go to the end of the road until you see the school. Turn left again onto St. 
John’s Street. Cross over the road. The post office is near the school, on the same 
side of the road. 
 
To get to Margaret Hart’s house from the surgery, walk up Ford Road to the 
roundabout. Turn right onto St. John’s Street. Walk past the bookshop, then turn left 
onto Oak Avenue. Turn first right onto Garden Street and walk past the newsagent. 
Margaret’s house is next to the newsagent.