IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Browns Lane, COVENTRY, CV5 9DT
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Browns Lane, CV5 9DT 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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Image Listing (8 Images Found)
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Browns Lane Garage, Browns Lane, Allesley
This immaculate garage could be the only small independent petrol filling station and new car dealership to survive in the city of Coventry - I certainly can't think of another. It makes me wonder how they have managed to survive when so many others have closed over recent years.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 31 Aug 2010
0.07 miles
2
Browns Lane, Allesley, Coventry
Browns Lane runs for over a mile along the western edge of Coventry: between-the-wars, 1920s-1930s ribbon development, houses with fields beyond their back gardens on the western side, the gaps gradually filled in later with more modern housing. On the Coventry side, visible on the left in this photo, a 'shadow factory' was built behind the houses in the late 1930s, using equipment and skills from the motor industry, in this case Daimler, to make aircraft parts for the coming war. This was to become the Jaguar Browns Lane car plant, in operation from 1951 to 2005. Since 2008 housing and a business park have been built on the site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Lane_plant
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 8 Sep 2021
0.13 miles
3
Townfields, Allesley
Comparison with a similar view in 2007, Image, shows that a fence has been installed and saplings planted to the right of the footpath.
Image: © E Gammie
Taken: 30 Jan 2012
0.15 miles
4
Townfields, Allesley
Taken from Butt Lane, Allesley. The trees behind Townfields, on the skyline, screen the Browns Lane Jaguar car plant, which will soon be no more.
2012: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2784406
Image: © E Gammie
Taken: 7 Feb 2007
0.17 miles
5
Fields by Washbrook Lane
Winter crops in the fields alongside Washbrook Lane. Looking towards Sherbourne House Farm from the entrance to the footpath off Washbrook Lane.
Image: © E Gammie
Taken: 30 Jan 2012
0.18 miles
6
Off to work at BHX4
BHX4 is a 'receive centre' or 'cross dock facility' for Amazon goods. According to the Coventry Telegraph, everything sold by Amazon in the UK passes in and out of this facility, but the goods are not stored here for more than a few hours. Once processed, they are sent on to 'fulfilment centres' elsewhere in the UK 'and even Europe'. It is one of four Amazon sites in the Midlands, all named after the code for Birmingham Airport. The Telegraph reporter claims to have observed a 'fast-paced but good-natured atmosphere' in the building, which has three floors, each the size of eight football pitches. https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-news-amazon-coventry-warehouse-15580127
The receive centre is built on part of the site of the Jaguar Browns Lane plant, which made Jaguar cars between 1951 and 2005. This change of use is emblematic of the shift of employment in Coventry away from manufacturing to distribution and services.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 8 Sep 2021
0.20 miles
7
Towards Browns Lane
The backs of houses on Browns Lane and the former Jaguar factory site beyond Browns Lane.
Image: © E Gammie
Taken: 30 Jan 2012
0.22 miles
8
Footpath over the field
A public footpath leads over the fields from here.
Image: © Peter Mackenzie
Taken: 29 Dec 2018
0.22 miles