IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Watling Street, CONSETT, DH8 6HY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Watling Street, DH8 6HY 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 (33 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Looking up the bank at Pont Bungalows
View looking south to Leadgate village centre, at the top of the bank. This nice straight road is on the line of the Roman Dere Street, part of the section between the forts at Lanchester and Ebchester.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 24 Jun 2012
0.02 miles
2
Rook on the roof
At Watling Street in Leadgate village. These birds are not such a common sight in the local villages as they used to be.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 29 Nov 2021
0.03 miles
3
Snowy rooftops at Leadgate
Snow on the bungalows at Watling Street.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 29 Nov 2021
0.04 miles
4
Watling Street, Leadgate
Looking north up this road through the village. It is the B6309 and here it follows the line of the old Roman road of Dere Street. Not Watling Street, despite the name.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 9 Aug 2017
0.06 miles
5
Road junction on the B6309 at Leadgate
This road branching off to the west leads to the local industrial estates. The main road is the old Roman road of Dere Street, now the B6309.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 9 Aug 2017
0.07 miles
6
Watling Street Bungalows, Leadgate
These long streets of single storey terraces were built parallel to Watling Street, going down the bank. I think these were probably built by Consett Iron Company between the wars.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 26 Sep 2022
0.08 miles
7
Bungalow in Fourth Street
End of a terrace of former coal miners cottages on Fourth Street, Watling Bungalows, Leadgate.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 29 Apr 2015
0.08 miles
8
Cottage on Fourth Street, Watling Street Bungalows
Former miner's cottage.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 2 Oct 2018
0.09 miles
9
First Street, Watling Street Bungalows
Rows of former miners' cottages.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 2 Oct 2018
0.10 miles
10
Aged Miners Homes, Leadgate
On the B6309 on the north side of the village. A plaque states they were built in 1922. These cottages for retired miners are a common sight in former pit villages in Co Durham.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 9 Aug 2017
0.10 miles