IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Butler Road, HALSTEAD, CO9 1LL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Butler Road, CO9 1LL 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 (103 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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The Locomotive, Halstead
A grade II listed building, formerly two buildings from the mid 17th and late 18th centuries. The buildings pre-date the name, which arises from the coming of the railway to Halstead in 1860.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 1 Mar 2015
0.04 miles
2
Former cinema, Trinity Street, Halstead
A cinema from 1916 until 1963, opened as the Colne Valley Cinema, later The Picture House and then The Savoy. The repainting in garish colours in 2009 provoked some local adverse reaction. It was for the conversion into the 'Kids Playhouse Cafe'. This has now closed.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 1 Mar 2015
0.06 miles
5
The corner of Bridge Street into Trinity Street
After crossing the river the main road turns right for a short distance along Bridge Street, which then turns left becoming Trinity Street.
Image: © Andrew Hill
Taken: 2 Dec 2009
0.07 miles
6
Building detail, Trintity Street
A grand facade on the buildings at the foot of Trinity Street.
Image: © Andrew Hill
Taken: 2 Dec 2009
0.07 miles
9
Halstead: The Empire Theatre
The Empire Theatre is on Butler Road, and, despite what it says on the name board is, alas, currently not a cinema. I write currently because the venue has had such a chequered history, being variously a cinema only, a theatre only, both and neither, that nothing can be ruled out!
It opened in 1915 as a purpose-built cinema with 450 seats, but soon added live entertainment to the bill. The arrival of the talkies in the 1930s saw the temporary end of live entertainment as the owners concentrated purely on showing films. In 1951 the cinema was refurbished with the addition of the current frontage, but the arrival of TVs in homes led to dwindling admissions such that by 1971 it was forced to close entirely. However the cinema was mothballed in case there was a change of fortune and in 1978, following the formation of the Halstead Empire Theatre Trust, the venue re-opened as a cinema and theatre.
However the recent opening of the Cineworld multiplex in Braintree had a detrimental impact on the local demand for a cinema and in 2005, with admissions falling again, the decision was taken to stop showing films. However, in 2009, live entertainment, including bingo sessions, continues at The Empire.
See http://www.empire-theatre.co.uk/ for details and support your local theatre!
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 24 Aug 2009
0.07 miles
10
Riverside Court, Halstead
The River Colne runs on the other side of the large block of flats. The waste ground in the foreground was formerly the railway and the Tortoise Iron Works.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 1 Mar 2015
0.08 miles