IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Kings Walk, WIRRAL, CH48 8AG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Kings Walk, CH48 8AG 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.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (23 Images Found)
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The Mariners Column, Hoylake
Red sandstone column on Caldy Hill.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 12 Sep 2009
0.10 miles
4
Direction Sign - Signpost by the A540, Column Road, Hoylake
Pawn finial - 1 arm; Wirral Footpath post by the A540, in parish of Hoylake (Wirral District), South West side of Column Road, immediately East of the huge Mariners' Column. Indicated footpath leads to Echo Lane.
Plate inscription reads:-
PUBLIC FOOTPATH
(TO ECHO LANE) overpainted.
Column inscription reads vertically:
(EREC)TED BY PERMISSION OF THE HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
Merseyside HER.
https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=3314341&resourceID=1970
Surveyed
Milestone Society National ID: CH_SJ2286
Image: © John S Turner
Taken: 19 Sep 2016
0.10 miles
5
Mariner's Column on Caldy Hill
Column erected in 1841 "as a beacon for mariners frequenting the Mersey", the foundation was laid by John Shaw Leigh.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 12 Sep 2009
0.10 miles
6
Pathway down Caldy Hill
From the monument.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 12 Sep 2009
0.11 miles
7
Gorse lines the path up to the Monument on Caldy Hill
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 5 Jun 2013
0.11 miles
8
The Mariner's Column, Grange
This column was erected by the trustees of the Liverpool Docks by permission of John Shaw Leigh Esquire owner of the land who also granted the stone for the erection Anno Domini 1841 as a beacon for mariners frequenting the River Mersey and its vicinity
Erected as sighting line for vessels using the Hoyle lake and entering the Mersey. The column replaced a windmill that had similarly guided mariners.
Image: © Ian Greig
Taken: 30 Jun 2017
0.12 miles
9
Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the wall at the junction of Column Road & Beacon Drive. It marks a point 55.580m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 11 Apr 2016
0.12 miles
10
The Mariners Column, West Kirby
Situated on Caldy Hill, the superb view from the Mariners Column is one of the most popular in the Wirral with both visitors and locals alike. From here you can take in West Kirby, Hilbre Island, a large stretch of the River Dee and beyond to North Wales, Llandudno and the Great Orme. For a panoramic view see the following website: http://www.innerview.co.uk/WestKirbyVistas/WKColumnsm.htm
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 17 Aug 2005
0.14 miles