IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Hillfray Drive, COVENTRY, CV3 4FW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Hillfray Drive, CV3 4FW 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 (52 Images Found)
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Whitley Grove across the floodplain of the River Sowe, Willenhall, southeast Coventry
Whitley Grove falls steeply to the river. The Willenhall floodplain is left to nature.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.05 miles
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Fingerpost with protest notice, Whitley Grove, southeast Coventry
The A4 notice says "JAGUAR [logo] LEAVE OUR Green Belt ALONE". I'm not sure what land is being referred to but Jaguar announced plans for a southward extension of its Whitley plant, with extra parking, in January 2016. The plans appear to have been approved and implemented during the year. Whitley Grove is not affected.
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.05 miles
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Looking down the southern leg of Ashington Grove, Whitley, southeast Coventry
The view is across the Sowe valley to Willenhall; The houses at the bottom of the hill are those seen across the playing field in Image
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.07 miles
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The River Sowe nearing Whitley Grove, Whitley, southeast Coventry
Whitley Grove is a hillside oakwood with bluebells in spring. The City Council's guide to the Sowe Valley Footpath notes; "Sandstone was quarried here for the original Coventry Cathedral [a parish church until 1908], hence the undulating shape of the wood with its various dells. There are also the remains of an old ice house on the edge of the wood, used to store ice for the old Whitley Abbey … There are two ponds in the wood that are fed by natural springs."
On the Willenhall side, left, is an extensive floodplain
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.07 miles
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Old stems and new growth of nettles by the Sowe, southeast Coventry
The Willenhall bank viewed from the Whitley bank.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.08 miles
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One of the ponds in Whitley Grove, southeast Coventry
Whitley Grove is a hillside oakwood with bluebells in spring. The City Council's guide to the Sowe Valley Footpath notes; "Sandstone was quarried here for the original Coventry Cathedral [a parish church until 1908], hence the undulating shape of the wood with its various dells. There are also the remains of an old ice house on the edge of the wood, used to store ice for the old Whitley Abbey … There are two ponds in the wood that are fed by natural springs."
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.09 miles
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Pipe across the River Sowe, Whitley, southeast Coventry
A sewer, perhaps, en route to Finham treatment works. It is shown on the 1:25k map as a line across the river; it could be interpreted as a weir. In the background is Whitley Grove, hillside woodland.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.09 miles
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Fence between Whitley Grove and a school's sports area, southeast Coventry
At a guess, Whitley Abbey School. On the left are the tennis courts seen in Image A footpath runs (on the other side of the fence) from the bank of the River Sowe in Whitley Grove up to the Abbey Road residential area.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.11 miles
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Coventry - Whitley
Unusual style Rugby Field with security fence across halfway line at Whitley school.
Image: © Ian Rob
Taken: 2 Oct 2005
0.11 miles
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Paths in Whitley Grove, southeast Coventry
No view can be typical but this shows the abundant holly trees. There is oak and ash in the wood but where trees have gone, birch and sycamore have established. The paths are well-used; there are signs of disrespect for the wood but it hangs on to its character as a natural, even wild place.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 30 Apr 2016
0.11 miles