IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Walker Street, BOLTON, BL1 4TB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Walker Street, BL1 4TB 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 (64 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
2
Gasholders in Gilnow
In the foreground is a local council vehicle testing station.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 22 Sep 2012
0.03 miles
3
Gas holders alongside Spa Road
These are the remaining evidence of Bolton's main municipal gasworks.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 25 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
4
Site of Former Gasworks at Spa Road
The three historic gasometers on Spa Road (Image]) have recently disappeared from the Bolton skyline as the National Grid began work in January 2016 to remove the gas holders as part of a national programme to regenerate old sites and put them to more productive use in the future. Nationally, gas holders were used to store coal gas or 'town gas' and later natural gas but improvements in the network mean that gas can now be kept in the pipe system or underground, with gas holders no longer needed for its storage. It is currently unclear what the site, which supplied gas across Bolton but has been not been used for several years, will be used for in the future.
The Bolton Gas Light and Coke Co was first formed in 1818, and a small site works was built in Forge Street, later known as Gas Street. The site at Gas Street later became the main gas making works in Bolton. In 1886 a major reconstruction took place at the works, and adjoining land was acquired in order to expand.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14182464.Iconic_gasometers_to_disappear_from_Bolton_s_skyline/?ref=mr&lp=8 The Bolton News
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 8 Jun 2016
0.05 miles
5
Spa Road Pumping Station
Wastewater pumping station to the west of Bolton town centre.
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 30 Jan 2006
0.05 miles
7
Gasometers
Large gas holders on Spa Road to the west of Bolton Town centre.
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 30 Jan 2006
0.06 miles
8
Former Gasometer Site, Spa Road
The huge pit behind the fence is all that remains of one of the three historic gasometers on Spa Road (Image]) which have recently disappeared from the Bolton skyline. The National Grid began work in January 2016 to remove the gas holders as part of a national programme to regenerate old sites and put them to more productive use in the future. Nationally, gas holders were used to store coal gas or 'town gas' and later natural gas but improvements in the network mean that gas can now be kept in the pipe system or underground, with gas holders no longer needed for its storage. It is currently unclear what the site, which supplied gas across Bolton but has been not been used for several years, will be used for in the future.
The Bolton Gas Light and Coke Co was first formed in 1818, and a small site works was built in Forge Street, later known as Gas Street. The site at Gas Street later became the main gas making works in Bolton. In 1886 a major reconstruction took place at the works, and adjoining land was acquired in order to expand.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14182464.Iconic_gasometers_to_disappear_from_Bolton_s_skyline/?ref=mr&lp=8 The Bolton News
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 8 Jun 2016
0.07 miles
9
Mayor Street Depot
A depot for the Environmental Services Department of Bolton Council.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 22 Sep 2012
0.08 miles
10
Spa Road | 149 Mayor Street postbox (ref. BL1 82)
GR pillar box on Mayor Street near Queens Park.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 25 Jul 2012
0.08 miles