IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Kingsbury Road, BIRMINGHAM, B24 8QN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Kingsbury Road, B24 8QN 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 (12 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
Jaffray Playing Fields, Erdington
Named after John Jaffray, as was the hospital, road and school all in the same area.
Born in Stirling, he moved to Birmingham in 1844, to work for John Frederick Feeney on the Birmingham Journal, and became a partner in it in 1852. Together they founded the Birmingham Daily Post, (now Birmingham Post) in 1857. He founded the Birmingham Mail with Feeney's son John Feeney in 1870.
He was president of Birmingham General Hospital and founded Birmingham's Jaffray Hospital.
Image: © Ann
Taken: 5 May 2006
0.06 miles
2
Kingsbury Road, Erdington
Looking up Kingsbury Road, towards Wentworth Court on the right.
Image: © Ann Roberts
Taken: 5 May 2006
0.08 miles
3
The Church of St. Mary & St. John, Erdington.
This Roman Catholic Church is on Gravelly Hill North, Erdington.
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 3 Feb 2009
0.10 miles
4
SS. Mary & John Catholic Church
Recognisable as a catholic church by the architecture as well as the statue.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 29 Jun 2023
0.11 miles
6
Gravelly Hill North
Leafy section of Gravelly Hill North, having 'climbed' gently uphill from Spaghetti Junction
Image: © Michael Westley
Taken: 28 May 2010
0.18 miles
7
Georgian postbox on Gravelly Hill North
Box B23 203D situated on the west side of the road. Miraculously, it appears to have avoided being knocked down by traffic in all these years (I hope saying that doesn't curse it)
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 28 Feb 2017
0.18 miles
8
Terraced houses on Gravelly Hill North
A row of (probably) Victorian terraced houses on the west side of the road. The apparent carriage entrances under each pair make for an unusual feature, but they seem to have escaped the listing process.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 28 Feb 2017
0.18 miles
9
OS benchmark - Gravelly Hill, Kingsbury Road
An OS cutmark on an old stone wall bounding the north side of Kingsbury Road; originally levelled at 121.19m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 28 Feb 2017
0.22 miles
