IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Halfords Lane, SMETHWICK, B66 1BD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Halfords Lane, B66 1BD 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 (14 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Waggon & Horses Pub, Sandwell
Not far from the Hawthorns, home of West Bromwich Albion, this pub stands on Dartmouth Road.
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 24 Jan 2009
0.01 miles
3
Hawthorns Station
The station is close to the West Bromwich Albion football ground, hence the name
Image: © Bill Payer
Taken: Unknown
0.17 miles
4
Smethwick Brasshouse Lane Passing School Playing Field
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 1 Jan 2018
0.21 miles
5
Canalside housing at Hidden Lock, Smethwick
Hidden Lock is the name of the road, as this estate is built on the route of Smethwick Old Locks, which were bypassed in 1790. The photographer is between the Bottom and Middle Smethwick Locks, on the 'bypass' route.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 10 May 2022
0.24 miles
6
Birmingham Canal Navigations - lock Number 2 on the Old Main Line
The middle of 3 locks bringing the Old Main Line to the summit level through Smethwick. As built the canal had been at a higher level with 6 locks but three were removed. Telford's New Main Line is in a deep cutting through Smethwick without locks.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 14 Sep 2019
0.24 miles
7
Birmingham Canal Navigations - Smethwick
Seen from the bridge over the entrance to the Engine Arm on the Old Main Line. This is the top lock, after the summit level was lowered by 3 locks. The burnt out 'toll house' is a modern octagonal pastiche (the original toll houses were quadrilateral).
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 14 Sep 2019
0.25 miles
8
Smethwick Middle Lock, Birmingham Canal
The middle of the three locks raising the Old Line of the canal from the Birmingham to the Wolverhampton level. The lock is Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 5 Sep 2019
0.25 miles
9
Smethwick Locks from bridge over Engine Arm, 1987
The locks drop the BCN Old Main Line down to the level of the parallel New Main Line, which is hidden in a cutting on the right. The Engine Arm, a dead-end branch off the Old Main Line, crosses the New Main Line at right angles by aqueduct.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 26 May 1987
0.25 miles
10
Smethwick Top Lock, Birmingham Canal
The top of the three locks raising the Old Line of the canal from the Birmingham to the Wolverhampton level. The lock is Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 5 Sep 2019
0.25 miles