IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
High Street, WIGTON, CA7 9PX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to High Street, CA7 9PX 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)
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Wigton Swimming Pool
Somewhat isolated from the town itself, the swimming baths - seen here from Stony Banks - are delightfully old-fashioned and only open fairly limited hours. Behind the baths is the chimney belonging to the Innovia plastics plant.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 6 Oct 2014
0.10 miles
3
Wigton Baths
Opened in 1901 and still in use - see http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/sports-clubs-and-centres/allerdale-leisure-facilities/wigton-baths.aspx .
Built by local landowner Edwin Banks, a member of the family who also built Image .
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 14 Jun 2011
0.11 miles
4
View across fields to the Auction Mart
Taken from a footpath which goes from Laurel Terrace to the swimming baths.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 14 Jun 2011
0.11 miles
5
Bridge taking Stony Banks over Speet Gill at junction with track
Ordnance Survey documents indicate that a rivet benchmark levelled at 30.517m above Newlyn Datum was verified in 1969 on a stone post on the right hand bridge parapet
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 3 Aug 2019
0.11 miles
6
Hopes Auction Mart
Hopes of Wigton, livestock market, established 1897. Company website : http://www.hopesofwigton.co.uk/index.htm .
The company intends to relocate to the edge of town, and planning permission has been granted for a Tesco store to be built on this site.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 14 Jun 2011
0.12 miles
8
Stony Banks
Country lane dipping down to a bridge over the Speet Gill and up the other side towards Lowmoor Road.
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 14 Jun 2011
0.13 miles
9
Stony Banks, Wigton
This path leads off Lowmoor Road giving, as the slightly mis-angled sign suggests, access to the town's swimming pool.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 6 Oct 2014
0.14 miles
10
The Stocksman
Restaurant and bar adjacent to Image .
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough
Taken: 4 Jun 2011
0.15 miles