IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Slough Farm Road, HALSTEAD, CO9 1XR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Slough Farm Road, CO9 1XR 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 (55 Images Found)
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Halstead: Trackbed of the former Colne Valley Railway
The Colne Valley Railway opened as far as Halstead in 1860 with the extension along here to Sible and Castle Hedingham following a year later. In 1961, exactly 100 years after the line opened, closure of the line to passenger traffic took place. Freight traffic lingered for another four years before the line closed entirely with the track being lifted in 1966.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 24 Aug 2009
0.09 miles
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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
0.10 miles
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Empire Cinema - Theatre, Halstead
This opened in 1915 as a cinema, and remarkably survives after a fashion, having been closed more than once. Its location is rather out of the way, unlikely to be come across by the casual visitor.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 1 Mar 2015
0.10 miles
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River Colne in Halstead
The River Colne just clips across the north-east corner of the grid square here. 2009 has seen vibrant growth of duckweed and the river here is no exception. Meanwhile the mandatory supermarket trolley rests on its side, its life's work completed.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 24 Aug 2009
0.13 miles
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Halstead Town Football Club, Halstead, Essex
Image: © Peter Stack
Taken: 7 Sep 2010
0.16 miles
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Bird in the Hand, Restaurant and Freehouse, Halstead
Image: © nick macneill
Taken: 29 Jun 2011
0.17 miles
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Footpath to The Colne
This path runs from Sloe Hill to the River
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 27 Aug 2011
0.19 miles
8
Holy Trinity - Halstead
The area in this view was hit by a V2 rocket during WW II.
Image: © Simon Leatherdale
Taken: 12 Oct 2006
0.19 miles
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River Colne in Halstead
This is the Colne upstream of the town centre by the football ground.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 24 Aug 2009
0.19 miles
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Holy Trinity, Halstead: mid September 2019
Image: © Basher Eyre
Taken: 13 Sep 2019
0.19 miles