IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Thornton Street, GLASGOW, G20 0RA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Thornton Street, G20 0RA 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.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (31 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
2
A bend on the Forth and Clyde Canal
There are blue signs for a cycle route on the left of the photograph.
Image: © Mark Anderson
Taken: 25 Jun 2019
0.20 miles
4
Royal Fern beside the Forth & Clyde Canal
A clump of the Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis) amongst other ferns beside the towpath. Two spore-bearing fronds can clearly be seen protruding above the leaves. See [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6194451] for another view.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 25 Jun 2019
0.20 miles
5
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
There are apparently only two localities in Glasgow where this plant is found. Its spores are borne on separate fronds from the leaves; two such fronds are obvious towards the left here, but there are others among the leaves.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 25 Jun 2019
0.20 miles
6
Spotted Orchids?
They certainly look like orchids, and they have spotted leaves, but I can't make up my mind which species they are.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 25 Jun 2019
0.22 miles
8
Lochburn Road passes under the canal
The road narrows under the canal so that cars have to politely give way to oncoming traffic. It seems surprising now to see such a spot still unregulated by traffic lights.
Image: © Alec MacKinnon
Taken: 7 Jun 2019
0.22 miles
9
Summerston railway station
Towerblocks dominate the scene in this view from a train. The station is on the Anniesland line, between Maryhill and Gilshochill.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 10 Aug 2013
0.22 miles
10
Spotted Orchid
Unsure whether it is Common Spotted (Dactylorgiza fuchsii) or Heath Spotted (D maculata).
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 25 Jun 2019
0.22 miles