IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Ryder Street, WEST BROMWICH, B70 0EJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Ryder Street, B70 0EJ 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 (50 Images Found)
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Distance
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Wednesbury Old Canal, Ryders Green
Although officially navigable, it would clearly be impossible to get a boat up this stretch of canal; it is completely choked by reeds for a distance of about 200 yards. There are other oddities; the OS names it the Balls Hill Branch but it is marked as the Ridgeacre Branch (sic) in Nicholson's Waterways Guide. Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) enthusiasts insist, however, that it should be considered as part of the Wednesbury Old Canal - the Ridgacre Branch only starting at a point beyond Swan Village, now the limit of navigation. In any case, it is unlovely and unloved and it is said that the underlying silt is severely contaminated from the industry, including dye works, that once lined the banks.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 9 Jan 2015
0.05 miles
3
Trouble at Ryder's Green Locks
Vandals have succeeded in draining the pound between the third and fourth locks. Unfortunately this kind of thing is all too common across the Black Country network and prompted the British Waterways Board to fit anti-vandal locks to the paddles some years ago. That initiative no doubt helped but it has not eliminated the problem. The pound was restored to a usable condition some 30 minutes later by running water down from the top of the flight: Image
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 4 Apr 2016
0.13 miles
4
Ryder's Green Locks
A little while after Image, the locks have been returned to a condition that allows boats to pass. This is done by running water down from the top of the flight.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 4 Apr 2016
0.13 miles
6
Canalside textures old and new
Factory wall, security fence, canalside vegetation, weathered timber, stone and brick.
Image: © David Martin
Taken: 21 Sep 2019
0.13 miles
8
Wednesbury Old Canal
Looking towards the terminus at Black Lake.
Image: © John M
Taken: 21 Feb 2009
0.13 miles
9
Walsall Canal - Ryders Green Lock No. 4
One of the 8 locks in the Ryders Green flight. I only walked down half the flight before deciding it was time to head home for dinner.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Feb 2020
0.13 miles
