IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Dowie Way, MATLOCK, DE4 5NJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Dowie Way, DE4 5NJ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (367 Images Found)
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Crich - the upper village and the church
Seen from Church Meadow.
The nearer housing has been built in the last few years, but local planning regulations have required it to be built in suitable local materials. It is certainly not out of keeping with the older buildings on the top of the ridge.
The wall at the bottom of the field marks the line of the railway which used to run up to Crich Quarry, and dates back to 1846. The trackbed was slightly incised and the farm access crosses the trackbed on a bridge which can just be made out beyond the gate.
The two roads in the new development, Dowie Close and Hodder Close, are named after two of the steam locomotives which operated on the line.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Mar 2009
0.01 miles
2
Farm access off Dowie Close
In the foreground can be seen the parapets of the bridge which carried this track over the railway up to Crich Quarry. The track is a public footpath.
The nearest housing is a relatively new development, and consists of two road, named Dowie Close and Hodder Close. These names honour two of the steam locomotives which used to run on the quarry railway. Dowie was named after the wife of the quarry manager at the time, whilst Hodder had previously worked as a contractor's locomotive on the Hodder Valley reservoir project and received the appropriate name after arriving at Crich.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Mar 2009
0.02 miles
3
Dowie Way, Crich
Dowie Way leads off Cromford Road near the parish church.
Image: © David Beresford
Taken: 16 Feb 2013
0.02 miles
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Dowie Way, Crich
Looking up Dowie Way towards Cromford Road.
Image: © David Beresford
Taken: 18 Feb 2013
0.05 miles
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Former railway bridge
This view is taken in the opposite direction to Image It shows the remains of the bridge at Church Meadow which led across the quarry railway. The bridge itself has been filled in, but the abutments remain in situ.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Mar 2009
0.05 miles
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Crich, St. Mary's Church: War memorial plaque affixed to the entrance gates
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 4 Oct 2021
0.05 miles
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Crich, St. Mary's Church: War memorial plaque affixed to the entrance gates
Image: © Michael Garlick
Taken: 4 Oct 2021
0.05 miles
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Is this the line of the tramway?
Standing on a small bridge over a line of sunken grass, I wonder is this is part of the tramway from Crich?
Image: © Malcolm Neal
Taken: 26 Sep 2017
0.05 miles
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Green Lane or . . . ?
This is in fact the trackbed of the former railway to the quarry, and is one of the best remaining sections. The use of stone walls rather than fences attests firstly to the age of the line - it goes back to 1846 - and also probably to the fact that originally this section used rope haulage.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 4 Mar 2009
0.06 miles
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St. Mary's Parish Church
This is the parish church for Crich.
Image: © Malcolm Neal
Taken: 26 Sep 2017
0.06 miles