IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Springwood Close, LONDON, E3 2GE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Springwood Close, E3 2GE 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 (139 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Fairfield Road from under the railway bridge
This is one of two rail bridges in quick succession
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 11 Jul 2012
0.04 miles
2
Entrance Gate to Fairfield Match Works, Bow
Former Bryant and May factory on Fairfield Road.
Was the setting of the 'London matchgirls strike of 1888'.
Most of the buildings have been converted into housing - creating the Bow Quarter Estate.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_matchgirls_strike_of_1888 for more details about the strike.
All of the buildings are Grade II listed. Including http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205967-fairfield-match-works-2-bow at the entrance.
See also Image, (close-up of the blue plaque on the building).
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 15 Feb 2012
0.04 miles
3
Blue Plaque for Annie Besant
On Image
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_matchgirls_strike_of_1888 for more details about the strike.
See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant for more details about the strike breaker.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 15 Feb 2012
0.04 miles
4
Bow Quarter perimeter wall
Bow Quarter is a gated housing complex developed from the Bryant and May match factory in Fairfield Road, Bow. The site is an important site in labour and union history, for it here in 1888 that the match girls, organised by Annie Beasant, went on strike. The perimeter wall shown in the image is Grade II listed - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1065188.
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 10 May 2020
0.04 miles
5
Fairfield Match Works 1 and 1a, Bow
A Grade II listed building on Fairfield Road. The main factory building is in the background. All have been converted into housing.
See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205966-fairfield-match-works-1-and-1a-bow for more details about the building.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 15 Feb 2012
0.05 miles
6
Fairfield Match Works, Bow
Former Bryant and May factory on Fairfield Road.
Was the setting of the 'London matchgirls strike of 1888'.
Most of the buildings have been converted into housing - creating the Bow Quarter Estate.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_matchgirls_strike_of_1888 for more details about the strike.
All of the buildings are Grade II listed. Including http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-205964-fairfield-match-works-bryant-and-may-bow the large red-brick building in the background.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 15 Feb 2012
0.06 miles
7
Railway bridge over Fairfield Road
Fairfield Road leads from Bow Road to Tredgar Road.
It passes under a railway between Stratford and Stepney.
In the background is another railway bridge between Stratford and Bethnal Green.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 15 Feb 2012
0.06 miles
8
Fairfield Road, Bow
Fairfield Road dives under two railway bridges.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 15 Jul 2016
0.06 miles
9
Bow bus station on Fairfield Road, Bow
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 11 Jul 2012
0.08 miles
10
Entering Bow Garage
A 'new Routemaster', returning from duty on route 8, enters Bow Garage on Fairfield Road.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 15 Jul 2016
0.09 miles