IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Orpington Drive, COVENTRY, CV6 4NJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Orpington Drive, CV6 4NJ 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
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (36 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Houses, Alder Meadow Close
Part of a small estate of cul-de-sacs constructed in the late 1990s on the site formerly occupied by The Bantam public house on Hen Lane, Holbrooks, Coventry.
Image: © Niki Walton
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.07 miles
2
Ash Green : Winding House Lane
Looking along Winding House Lane.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 25 Sep 2021
0.08 miles
3
Coventry : Winding House Lane
Looking along Winding House Lane.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 25 Sep 2021
0.08 miles
4
Coventry : Winding House Lane
Looking along Winding House Lane.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 25 Sep 2021
0.10 miles
5
Field off Burbages Lane
Burbages Lane, just north of the Coventry/Warwickshire border, still has something of a rural feel despite being close to a major sports stadium and shopping hub - you just have to know where to look.
Image: © Niki Walton
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.10 miles
6
Field maple, Burbages Lane
This is a detail of a field maple, Acer campestre, in its autumn glory and with one of its winged fruits. For more on the field maple, see the Woodland Trust site here https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/field-maple/ .
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 7 Nov 2020
0.11 miles
7
Permanent road closure
Before the construction of the nearby dual-carriageway Winding House Lane, Burbages Lane connected Wheelwright Lane with Holbrooks and Rowleys Green. It was closed permanently at the A444 end once Winding House Lane was established.
Image: © Niki Walton
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.11 miles
8
An English army had just won the war
Bunting has been hung on railings at the junction of Burbages Lane and Winding House Lane to celebrate VE (Victory in Europe) Day, the 75th anniversary of which fell on the 8th May 2020. The May Day bank holiday was moved that year to Monday 11th to permit a long weekend of celebration, but coronavirus pandemic lockdown restrictions, while they heightened the sense of national unity for many people, prevented public gatherings, with the result that celebrations found their outlet through displays; see this BBC report https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-52572884 .
The title alludes of course to the Beatles song 'A Day in the Life' - see Wikipedia here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life - and is not intended to suggest that Britain, still less England, was solely responsible for victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 9 May 2020
0.11 miles
9
Bollards, Burbages Lane
Burbages Lane was closed off at the Coventry end in 2004 due to the construction of nearby Winding House Lane, a dual carriageway designed to cope with the heavy traffic expected in the area with the construction of the nearby Ricoh Arena and Shopping Park.
Image: © Niki Walton
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.12 miles
10
Holbrooks Community Centre
Polling is open for the election of a Mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority.
Image: © Niki Walton
Taken: 4 May 2017
0.12 miles