Saturday 4th March 2023
Kyte Close is one of six residential streets named after birds of prey, on the western side of Warminster. (The other four streets with bird of prey names in this locality are Eagle Road, Falcon Road, Kestrel Close, Osprey Road, and Owl Close).
Kyte Road has been misspelt with a “Y’ instead of an “I’. The dictionary definition of the word kyte is “the belly.”
“Coincidentally, when I visited these streets with bird of prey names, today (Saturday 4th March 2023)” writes Danny Howell, “I saw a Red Kite flying over Eagle Road.”
Kyte Close, as the name suggests, is a cul-de-sac. It is accessed off the north side of St. Andrews Road, the entrance/exit being between Nos. 104 and 106 St. Andrews Road.
Kyte Close comprises 20 homes. Nos.1 to 12 inclusive are houses on the west and north side of the close. Nos.14 and 15, at the far (eastern end) of the close are bungalows. There is no property numbered No.13 Kyte Close. Nos.16 to 22 are houses situated on the south and eastern sides of the close.
One of the two street signs for Kyte Close, the one of the eastern side of the entrance to the close (at the time of writing – Saturday 4th March 2023) is damaged and has been for a while. A resident of Kyte Close has told us the sign was damaged by a vehicle when the weather was snowy.