IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Front Street, CONSETT, DH8 5AF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Front Street, DH8 5AF 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 (62 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Looking up Front Street in Consett
View looking up into the town centre. This view is taken from very near the site of the main office building of the former Consett Steelworks, and shows that the town was, quite literally, built around the steelworks.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 13 Nov 2020
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2
View from Front Street
Looking down Front Street in Consett. There is a view beyond to the North Pennine moors around Waskerley, all covered in snow here.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 9 Jan 2021
0.01 miles
3
View down Front Street, Consett
The view to the west would once have been of Consett Steelworks, until it cloed in 1980and was demolished. Now there is a fine view right across the Derwent Valley to the North Pennines.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 2 Jan 2023
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4
Bottom of Front Street in Consett
Looking NE up the main street in the town centre. Buildings here are mostly late Victorian.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 13 Nov 2020
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5
Looking down Front Street in Consett
There is a striking view straight down this road to the North Pennine moors in the far distance. Forty years ago, the view would have been filled by the huge buildings of Consett Steelworks.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 26 May 2020
0.01 miles
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Looking down Front Street in Consett
Looking down the street to the open fields that twenty odd years ago were Consett Iron Works. The Pennine moors can be seen beyond, a spectacular view from a town centre.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 17 Sep 2010
0.02 miles
7
Lower part of Front Street in Consett
A view looking SW down the street. The supermarkets on the left hand side lower down are on the former steelworks site.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 2 Jan 2023
0.03 miles
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Looking up Front Street in the snow
Main street in Consett town centre.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 9 Jan 2021
0.03 miles
9
Front Street in Consett in the snow
This is the junction at the bottom of Front Street. Knitsley Lane leads off to the left.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 9 Jan 2021
0.03 miles
