IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Augusta Road, PORTLAND, DT5 1DE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Augusta Road, DT5 1DE 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 (68 Images Found)
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Grove, Augusta Road
The corner of Augusta Road and Grove Road on the Isle of Portland.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 17 Jun 2017
0.02 miles
2
Alma Terrace, The Grove, Portland
This terrace of houses was formerly prison officer’s homes. They are now in private hands. They would have been built around the same time as the prison - 1848.
Image: © mike smith
Taken: 20 Apr 2009
0.03 miles
4
The churchyard at St Peter's, Grove, Portland
This is high up on the plateau of Portland, with the open sea barely a mile away to the west, and the trees have learnt to lean with the prevailing wind. (The sea is even nearer going east, but that's not where the worst of the winds come from).
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 4 May 2011
0.04 miles
6
St Peter's Church, The Grove, Portland
This church was built by prisoners, housed at the nearby Grove Prison, who also worked on the Portland Harbour breakwater. It was completed 1872. Now redundant, and not open to the public, it is privately owned.
Image: © mike smith
Taken: 20 Apr 2009
0.04 miles
7
Grove, closed church
Formerly St. Peter's, on Grove Road. The building is now privately owned, and there are hopes for a community centre. Listed by English Heritage: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=381956&mode=adv
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 6 Sep 2014
0.04 miles
8
Former Church of St Peter, Grove
Former Anglican parish church, consecrated August 1872. As with many of the contemporary buildings on Portland, much of the work is reputed to have been done by convicts from the prison. It is a Grade II* listed building (List Entry Number: 1205607 http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1205607&resourceID=5 Heritage Gateway).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 17 Jun 2017
0.04 miles
9
Portland: Grove Infant School
A striking building on Grove Road, on the east of the Isle of Portland.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
10
St Peter's Church, with prison fence on the left
Built in 1870-72 using convict labour, the church became redundant in 1973, though still used as a chapel for the prison until 1988, and is now in private hands, with the building in the process of restoration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Portland
Image: © Vieve Forward
Taken: 7 Sep 2021
0.05 miles