IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rochester Gardens, HOVE, BN3 3AW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Rochester Gardens, BN3 3AW 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
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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 (320 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
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Rochester Close, Rochester Gardens
Late 1930s block of flats which is now part of the Rochester Gardens conservation area.
Image: © Simon Carey
Taken: 3 Feb 2007
0.02 miles
4
Palmeira Avenue, Eastern Side
Palmeira Avenue extends from Palmeira Square in the south past the County Cricket Ground until it reaches Cromwell Road. Named after a Portuguese title of Sir Isaac Goldsmid, a banker and financier who bought the local Wick Estate as a seaside retreat in the 1830s then proceeded to develop it. This part, between Palmeira Square and Lansdowne Road, was begun in the 1850s.
Image: © Simon Carey
Taken: 7 May 2007
0.03 miles
5
Opposite the Crown Court, Lansdowne Road
A few interwar houses fill the gap between Rochester Gardens to the left and Palmeira Avenue out of picture to the right.
Image: © Simon Carey
Taken: 3 Feb 2007
0.04 miles
6
Palmeira Yard, Holland Road
Former warehouse constructed in 1893 now converted into loft style apartments.
Image: © Simon Carey
Taken: 3 Feb 2007
0.04 miles
7
Palmeira Yard
Apartments in Holland Road built on the site of a former warehouse
Image: © Paul Gillett
Taken: 30 Dec 2009
0.04 miles
8
Palmeira Avenue, Western Side
The building with the scaffolding was once the home of Sir Jack Hobbs, Surrey and England cricketer. This is the point of the avenue where the red brick buildings change into the white classical design of the 1830s.
Image: © Simon Carey
Taken: 7 May 2007
0.04 miles
9
Hove: Sir Jack Hobbs lived here
Sir Jack Hobbs, the most prolific batsman of all time (61,670 runs and 199 centuries) lived in this house on Palmeira Avenue. A plaque next to the door reads simply
Sir Jack Hobbs
1882-1963
Surrey and England
Cricketer
Lived here
For more about "The Master", see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Hobbs .
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 28 Sep 2017
0.04 miles
