IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Abbey Way, COVENTRY, CV3 4BN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Abbey Way, CV3 4BN by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (44 Images Found)
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Junction of Abbey Road and Abbey Way, but no abbey, Whitley, Coventry
Signs say Willenhall by bike, right; Virgin Racquets Health Club, left (over Abbey Bridge).
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 17 Feb 2015
0.03 miles
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Whitley Bridge
Sometimes known as Whitley Abbey Bridge (though there was never a monastery here), this bridge once carried the Coventry to London road over the River Sherbourne. It has long since been bypassed and is now blocked to motor traffic. It is Grade II listed and is dated to the 16th century by the listing at the Historic England site https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076652?section=official-list-entry .
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 30 Mar 2024
0.05 miles
3
Whitley Abbey Bridge, Abbey Road, Whitley
According to a plaque on the bridge, it was built between 1755 and 1765.
The road over the bridge was part of Thomas Telford's Holyhead Road - the main road to London. It is now used by pedestrians and cyclists only.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 3 Jun 2010
0.05 miles
4
Whitley Abbey Bridge, Whitley, Coventry
Built between 1755 and 1765, says a plaque on the parapet. Closed to through traffic by bollards at the far end. The bridge crosses the River Sherbourne.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 17 Feb 2015
0.05 miles
5
Plaque on Whitley Abbey Bridge, Whitley, Coventry
Placed in 2005 it marks 250 years since the building of the bridge commenced in 1755. It reads:
Whitley Abbey Bridge
Built between 1755 and 1765
'Many feet walked here in years past
and will do in years to come…'
Text by: Emma Stevenson (12)
Drawing by: Gary Piazzon (15)
Whitley Abbey School
2005
Whitley Local History Group
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 17 Feb 2015
0.05 miles
6
Lichen on north parapet, Whitley Abbey Bridge, Whitley, Coventry
Perhaps Solenopsora candicans: "Frequent in England and Wales on limestone". The bridge was built between 1755 and 1765.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 17 Feb 2015
0.05 miles
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Eighteenth century bridge over the River Sherbourne near Whitley Abbey School
This bridge once carried the main road from Coventry to London. It's now closed to motor vehicles.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: Unknown
0.06 miles
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Whitley Abbey Bridge
Abbey Road crossing the River Sherbourne at Whitley, Coventry.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 18 Apr 2015
0.07 miles
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Native black poplar near the River Sherbourne, Whitley, Coventry
The tree is native in N and W Europe as Populus nigra var. betulifolia. Here, the characteristic heavy, low arching branches are not present. Enlargement of the photo seems to show massive scars to the trunk where these branches might have been removed. Young branches seem to be obligingly taking their place. Note also the characteristic vertical shoots arising from some branches (more prominent on the other side of the tree). Bizarre: once seen, never forgotten.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 17 Feb 2015
0.08 miles