IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Dowding Way, GLOUCESTER, GL3 2NF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Dowding Way, GL3 2NF by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (18 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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A40 - minor road overbridge at Churchdown
Not surprisingly, this is to the same design as the bridge a short distance to the west. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2087794
Image: © J Whatley
Taken: 22 Sep 2010
0.16 miles
5
A40 Golden Valley road
The local name for the straight stretch of dual carriageway between Gloucester and Cheltenham, looking east from the Parton Road overbridge.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 14 Jan 2011
0.19 miles
6
Up holiday express from Torbay
View westward just west of Churchdown Station, towards Gloucester, Bristol etc. This Paignton - Nottingham Summer Saturday express was headed by No. 92106, a BR Standard 9F 2-10-0 - useful on passenger expresses at busy times as they were capable of running smoothly at high speeds. The Joint GW and Midland line between Gloucester and Cheltenham was widened to four tracks in World War Two, but reverted to two tracks in the 1960s;
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 3 Aug 1957
0.20 miles
7
Churchdown Park
The Churchdown Parish Council Skate Facility, which is soon to be replaced by a more sophisticated sett of ramps, pipes and rails. Churchdown Park nestles just south of the A40.
Image: © Stephen Bowden
Taken: 23 Apr 2005
0.20 miles
8
Bristol - Bradford express at Churchdown
View westward towards Gloucester: ex-Midland & GWR Joint, Gloucester - Cheltenham main line; for route details, see other Churchdown scenes. Stanier 5MT 4-6-0 No. 44963 (built 7/46, withdrawn 7/68 - almost the End of Steam) heads the Summer Saturday Relief 15.50 Bristol via Birmingham New St. and Leeds to Bradford Forster Square (due 22.45).
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 20 Aug 1960
0.21 miles
9
Two light engines coupled heading towards Cheltenham
View towards Gloucester etc. from a bridge over the railway, Churchdown station being off to the right: ex-GW & Midland Joint Cheltenham - Gloucester main line (see other Churchdown scenes for details of routes along this busy stretch, which was quadrupled 1942 - 1967). Two LMS Fowler 4F 0-6-0s, Nos. 44454 (1928 - 10/63) and 44179( 1925 - 12/64) are passing my Morris Oxford parked in the road above.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 23 Mar 1963
0.21 miles
10
GW 0-6-2T on a Paddington - Cheltenham express at Churchdown
View westward, towards Gloucester: ex-GW&Midland Gloucester - Cheltenham Joint main line - see also Image and Image etc. This is the 09.05 from Paddington on the final part of its journey, rather unusually hauled by an 0-6-2T, No. 6696 (built 10/28).
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 4 Nov 1961
0.21 miles