IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Cook Close, BRISTOL, BS30 8RP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Cook Close, BS30 8RP 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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Image Listing (37 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Oldland Common Station
Now used by the Avon Valley Railway - this is the end of the line.
Image: © Linda Bailey
Taken: 12 Aug 2006
0.15 miles
2
Path up to North Street, Oldland, Bristol
The former railway route is shared by the Avon Valley Railway and the Bristol & Bath Railway Path.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 27 Mar 2016
0.15 miles
3
Austerity Locomotive "Sapper" at Oldland Common
Hunslet Austerity class locomotive WD132 "Sapper", built in 1844, working on the Avon Valley Railway at Oldland Common.
Sapper is an example of a Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST, a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, Sapper was built in 1944 for the War Department by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds. Works number 3153, the WD gave her the number 75103. She was renumbered 132 after the war. After her military service, she was purchased by the National Coal Board for colliery work alongside many of her sisters. She has the distinction of being the last steam locomotive in industrial service in the UK, being taken out of use from Bold Colliery in 1984.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 18 Jul 2021
0.16 miles
4
North Street bridge
Over Avon Valley Railway and Bristol and Bath cycle path
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 10 Jun 2017
0.16 miles
5
Hunslet Austerity Locomotive at North Street Bridge
Austerity class locomotive WD132 "Sapper" passing under the North Street bridge on its approach to Oldland Common station on the Avon Valley Railway.
Sapper is an example of a Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST, a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, Sapper was built in 1944 for the War Department by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds. Works number 3153, the WD gave her the number 75103. She was renumbered 132 after the war. After her military service, she was purchased by the National Coal Board for colliery work alongside many of her sisters. She has the distinction of being the last steam locomotive in industrial service in the UK, being taken out of use from Bold Colliery in 1984.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 18 Jul 2021
0.16 miles
6
North Street bridge
Over the Bristol and Bath cycle path and Avon Valley Railway
Image: © David Smith
Taken: 10 Jun 2017
0.16 miles
7
Bristol-Bath Railway Path
On the Avon Valley railway, with Oldland Common station just behind the bridge.
Image: © Oli Allen
Taken: 2 Jun 2007
0.16 miles
8
Old Midland Railway Sign at Oldland Common Station
Sign dated 1893 at Oldland Common.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 18 Jul 2021
0.16 miles
9
Avon Valley Railway, the Southern End of Oldland Common Station
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 18 Jul 2021
0.16 miles
10
Avon Valley Railway at Oldland Common
Two Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM locomotives - No. 70042 Overlord (visiting from Chatham Dockyard) and No. WD 824 / 70043 Grumpy - are seen having run around their train at Oldland Common station on the Avon Valley Railway during the line's 1940s Weekend: Salute to Shunters event. These two locomotives had not been seen together for the past 70 years.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 16 Sep 2023
0.16 miles