IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Watson Heights, CHELMSFORD, CM1 1AF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Watson Heights, CM1 1AF 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 (204 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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New Road, Chelmsford, from the railway bridge
The large building to the left of the road is the former Marconi factory, now apparently redeveloped. See Image for a 2011 image of the factory, shuttered and out of use.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 9 Nov 2017
0.04 miles
2
Chelmsford: Marconi's New Street Factory
The nearby information board explains that the factory was built in 1912 and was the first purpose-built radio factory in the world. The area behind the New Street frontage has been developed as housing in recent years.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 23 Jun 2018
0.05 miles
3
Chelmsford: the former Marconi Factory
Only the New Street frontage, built in 1912 as the world's first purpose-built radio factory, remains.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 23 Jun 2018
0.05 miles
4
Marconi Factory in New Street
The New Street works of Marconi at its height gave employment to over 5500 people. It now lies derelict, its future uncertain.
Image: © Ken Brown
Taken: 3 Jun 2011
0.05 miles
6
Trains pass east of Chelmsford station, 1988
Preserved 306 017 operating special bank holiday trains passes 312 709 on a regular service. The train built in 1949 has outlived that built in 1976, which was the last class of slam door stock to be introduced.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 2 May 1988
0.05 miles
7
Crossing the B1008 entering Chelmsford station
Image: © Roy Hughes
Taken: 14 Oct 2023
0.06 miles
10
306 017 approaches Chelmsford, 1988
The 1949 built preserved three car unit, then cared for by Ilford depot, was running special trains on a bank holiday weekend.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 2 May 1988
0.12 miles