IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Woodland Road, BIRMINGHAM, B21 0ET
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Woodland Road, B21 0ET 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
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (26 Images Found)
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Distance
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Benchmark on St James's Church
This Ordnance Survey benchmark on St James's Church was established in 1844 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 524.7920 feet (159.9566 metres) above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included as a side level on the Manchester to Gloucester levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 308(a). Handsworth New Church. Bolt in West face of tower ; 0.87 ft. above surface" (Public Abstract p.30). It can be found on the north-west face of the tower, just to the north of the south-west buttress, just south of a side door. The centre bolt and part of the datum line have been cemented over. It appears on the 1890 OS map.
Image: © Shantavira
Taken: 1 Nov 2014
0.12 miles
2
St James' church, Handsworth
St James's is the Church of England parish church of Handsworth, an area with a growing Asian, Afro-Caribbean, Muslim, Hindu and Sikh population.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Mar 2017
0.13 miles
3
OS 1GL bolt and benchmark - Handsworth, St James's church
The damaged remains of the bolt, and part of the datum line of this mark have been rather roughly mortared over. It was cut in mid 1844 during the 1st Primary Levelling of the country, on a side level of the main Manchester to Gloucester line, and given a height of 524ft 9.5in above Liverpool Datum.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Mar 2017
0.13 miles
4
Shops and businesses on the A41 Holyhead Road
The main road through the middle of Handsworth, here lined with Victorian era houses and shops, most of which are now in retail use.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Mar 2017
0.14 miles
6
OS benchmark - Handsworth, The New Inns
An OS cutmark on the gateway to what was once the New Inns pub; originally levelled at 159.292m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Mar 2017
0.18 miles
7
Public footpath to George Street, Handsworth
From the end of the access road to the Handsworth Booth Street Metro stop.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 19 Nov 2022
0.18 miles
9
Access road to Handsworth Booth Street Metro stop
Looking towards Booth Street from the turning area behind the Metro stop.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 19 Nov 2022
0.19 miles
10
West Midlands Metro west of Handsworth Booth Street
Looking towards Wolverhampton from the Handsworth Booth Street stop. One of the rarely used short crossovers that exists at various points along the line is visible in the foreground.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 19 Nov 2022
0.20 miles