IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Withies Croft, PORTLAND, DT5 1DR
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Withies Croft, DT5 1DR 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 (89 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Victoria Road, Grove
Housing presumably originally provided for prison staff.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 19 May 2009
0.02 miles
2
Tall grey walls
Grove Prison, now HMYOI Portland stands foreboding at the eastern end of the island.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 19 May 2009
0.05 miles
3
Portland Youth Offenders' Institute
Many HMPs are grim from the exterior and Portland YOI is no exception. The high stone walls are forbidding. Today the sun shines, but often it is very wet and windy here.
Image: © Tom Jolliffe
Taken: 6 Jan 2012
0.06 miles
4
Portland Young Offenders' Institute
This view of the Portland Young Offenders' Institute is taken from St George Portland across a recreation ground from Wide Street.
Image: © Tom Jolliffe
Taken: 27 Feb 2012
0.06 miles
5
HM Prison Portland, Grove
Victorian prison opened in 1848, now a male Adult/Young Offenders Institution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Prison_Portland
Image: © Vieve Forward
Taken: 7 Sep 2021
0.07 miles
7
Young Offender Institution
Formerly known as the Convict Prison. Below can be seen the route of an old railway. This once climbed from near sea level at the north end of the island along the east coast before circling up into the centre near Easton.
Image: © Pierre Terre
Taken: 11 Aug 1999
0.07 miles
8
Grove, farmland
Sheep grazing and poultry farming, on a system unigue to Portland, of "lawnsheds", a system of narrow land strips.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 6 Sep 2014
0.08 miles
9
HM Prison Portland Adult & Young Offender Institute (YOI)
Originally opened in 1848 as an adult convict establishment, it became a Borstal in 1921, and a YOI for adult males aged 18-21 in 1988. In April 2011 the prison became an Adult/Young Offender establishment.
Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 3 Mar 2020
0.09 miles
10
Grove Road, Portland
A row of houses on Portland near to the Youth Offenders' Institute.
Image: © Tom Jolliffe
Taken: 6 Jan 2012
0.10 miles