IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Paxton Road, BIRMINGHAM, B18 5QU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Paxton Road, B18 5QU by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
- Clicking on the map will re-center to the selected point.
- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (39 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Hockley Port basin 1
Hockley Port is a special enclave, accessible by boat from the Soho Loop of the Birmingham Level of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Originally part of Brindley's contour canal from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, this basin was constructed for the interchange of goods between the canal and railway network. Now it has become a residential mooring, and features a facilities block for water, toilet and washing. Some of the resident boaters are more welcoming to visitors than others.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 25 May 2009
0.14 miles
2
Hockley Port basin 2
Another view of the basin, showing one of the long dock arms used to trans-ship goods between railway and canal. In the days of the private railway companies, this was regarded as a very useful way of spreading their influence without acquiring powers to build more tracks.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 25 May 2009
0.15 miles
3
Urban architecture
The junction of Park Road and Goode Avenue with Norfolk Tower in the background.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 14 Mar 2015
0.16 miles
4
Ex GWR 5700 class locomotive 9683 near Winson Green, 1960
Working a local freight train, on the former Great Western Railway main line between Birmingham and Wolverhampton.
More than 800 locomotives of this class were built by the GWR between 1929 and 1948 and they were the company's workhorse locomotive for local freight and branch line passenger work.
On the left a classic GWR semaphore signal, tubular steel post with finial, and slightly tapered lower quadrant arms.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: Unknown
0.17 miles
6
Norfolk Tower
This eighteen storey tower block built in 1971 was earmarked for demolition with a further seven sub-standard blocks in 2011. The demolition was put out to tender in December 2014.
Image: © John M
Taken: 14 Mar 2015
0.19 miles
7
Autumn in New Spring Street
A willow tree which has developed striking colour.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 21 Oct 2015
0.19 miles
8
Portland Terrace and Rutland Terrace
The detailing shows that these were not bottom of the range housing when built, but the lack of street frontage makes them less desirable in the age of the motor car. Dated 1888.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 21 Oct 2015
0.19 miles
9
Terrace houses on Park Road
Wheely bins stand on the pavement outside a row of terrace houses on Park Road.
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 14 Mar 2015
0.20 miles
10
Canalside marker post at All Saints
Produced and installed by the British Waterways Board (before they became the Canals & Rivers Trust) this is one of a series of new marker posts along the Birmingham Canals Navigation; the biggest giveaway to its age is the fact that all the distances are given in metres.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 18 Jun 2015
0.20 miles