IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
High Street, CONGLETON, CW12 1BG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to High Street, CW12 1BG 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 (149 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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1
Double aperture Elizabeth II postbox on Bridge Street, Congleton
Postbox No. CW12 1004 and Postbox No. CW12 4.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 30 May 2024
0.02 miles
2
Pound Plus, High Street, Congleton
Beyond the pound store is a small gabled property which is a 17th century house (now a shop) surviving among the later developments and grade II listed (list entry 1326650). On the corner is the Nat West bank, which formerly occupied what is now the Counting House pub on Swan Bank Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 14 Aug 2021
0.02 miles
3
Former Woolworths store, Bridge Street, Congleton
The Woolworths chain closed several years ago but this shop unit is still vacant.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 14 Aug 2021
0.02 miles
4
Hammond McNulty, Market Square, Congleton
Unlike some of the town's other half-timbered properties, this one is not listed, but is called Bank House which presumably indicates a former use. It is now home to a firm of accountants.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 14 Aug 2021
0.04 miles
5
Bridge Street, Congleton
The main shopping street in the town centre, now pedestrianised except for overnight deliveries. There was indeed a bridge over a stream at the low point of the street at one time but the stream is now culverted with no sign of the original bridge.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 14 Aug 2021
0.04 miles
6
Congleton Bus Station
A very busy little bus hub, with buses serving Cheshire East and North Staffordshire. The first building on the right is a shopping precinct called Capitol Walk and the building behind the buses is Congleton Public Library.
Image: © Jonathan Kington
Taken: 15 Dec 2010
0.04 miles
7
The White Lion, High Street, Congleton
Dating from the 16th or 17th century, this grade II listed pub (list entry 1130502) vies with the Lion and Swan Image for the title of the town's oldest inn. It has another claim to fame, see the blue plaque Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 14 Aug 2021
0.05 miles
10
Ye Olde White Lion
Located on the High Street, this beautiful Tudor building is thought to have been built in either the 16th or 17th century. John Bradshaw, the man who sentenced Charles I to death whilst Lord-President of the High Court of Justice and who was later posthumously found guilty of Regicide (see Image), is said to have served his articles here whilst it was an attorney's office. For a close-up of the sign see Image and for a close-up of the blue plaque see Image
Image: © Jonathan Kington
Taken: 15 Dec 2010
0.05 miles