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River Rea, Highgate
Tributary of the River Tame, seen here from the Gooch Street bridge.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 25 Apr 2008
0.02 miles
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Gooch Street Bridge, Highgate
The bridge that carries Gooch Street over the River Rea has been adorned with this monument to Birmingham's foundation - an unexpected find in an otherwise grim inner-city district.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 25 Apr 2008
0.02 miles
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River Rea, Highgate
The River Rea flows for 14 miles before becoming a tributary of the River Tame. Despite its importance in the development of Birmingham, it is largely ignored by the population and is mainly culverted in the central area of the city.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 25 Apr 2008
0.04 miles
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Birthplace of a city
Birmingham is located on 3 rivers - The Rea (over which this bridge is located), the Cole & the Tame. If you ride the NCR 5 you will cross this bridge.
It is known that Birmingham grew out of the Anglo-Saxon settlement founded a few yards from the river at this point.
Image: © Row17
Taken: 4 Jun 2010
0.04 miles
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River Rea After Passing Under Gooch Street
The Rea has just passed under Gooch Street with the bridge decorated with metalwork inscriptions on either side telling of the founding of Birmingham by the Anglian King Beorma.
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 15 Nov 2011
0.04 miles
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Gooch Street Bridge, Highgate
It is interesting to speculate as to what the people of Beorma might have thought of the modern homes provided for the people of Birmingham.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 25 Apr 2008
0.04 miles
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The Charles Napier, Highgate
A city centre pub at the junction of Gooch Street and Bissell Street.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 28 Sep 2015
0.05 miles
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Bridge Over River Rea "Near This River Crossing Was Founded Birmingham"
Bridge over the River Rea at Gooch Street with metalwork inscription.
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 15 Nov 2011
0.05 miles
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Sir Charles Napier, Highgate
Pub on the corner of Bissell Street and Gooch Street.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 25 Apr 2008
0.06 miles
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Bridge Over River Rea in "Beorma Ingas Ham"
Here the River Rea passes under Gooch Street and the bridge has am metalwork inscription on either side of the road.
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 15 Nov 2011
0.06 miles