IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Douro Road, CHELTENHAM, GL50 2PF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Douro Road, GL50 2PF 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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Image Listing (205 Images Found)
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South along Douro Road, Cheltenham
From the Christ Church Road junction.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Apr 2016
0.03 miles
2
Rutland Court, Cheltenham
Flats set back from Douro Road.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Apr 2016
0.03 miles
3
Penfold pillar box and Douro Road, Cheltenham
Douro Road leads north from the viewpoint past the well-maintained Victorian post-box the inside of which can be seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1472231 The northern gridline of this square is marked by the white van. There is another view of the pillar-box here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1472252 As with all Penfolds listed Grade II http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=474602
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
4
Grade II listed pillarbox on a Cheltenham corner
On the corner of Douro Road and Malvern Place. The cast-iron hexagonal box is one of the type designed by J.W. Penfold, manufactured by Cochrane Grove Company of Dudley from 1866-1879. Grade II listed in 1977.
Cheltenham has 8 of the 64 Penfold-type Victorian pillarboxes reputed to remain in the UK.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Apr 2016
0.04 miles
5
Victorian pillar box
Victorian pillar box on Douro Road in the Lansdown area of Cheltenham. This is one of eight of these pillar boxes in Cheltenham. It is Grade II listed, see: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1104286
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 20 Nov 2018
0.04 miles
6
Penfold pillar box, Douro Road, Cheltenham
I was fortunate to be present when the pillar-box was being emptied. The postman kindly allowed me to take this shot showing the interior of the Victorian icon. Douro Road leads away north from the viewpoint. There is another view of the post-box here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1472262
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
7
Penfold pillar box, corner of Douro Road, Cheltenham
I am largely unmoved by pillar-boxes or post-boxes with the exception of Penfolds, which I find to be utterly charming. This is a close view of the one seen in its context here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1472252 and here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1472242 As with all Penfolds it is listed Grade II http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=474602
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
8
Penfold pillar box and Malvern Place, Cheltenham
Malvern Place is seen at its junction with Douro Road in the foreground. The Victorian post-box at the left is the one seen here http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1472242
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall
Taken: 3 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
9
Looking across Douro Road to Lansdown Parade
Image: © Ruth Sharville
Taken: 3 Jun 2009
0.05 miles
10
Grade II listed Douro House, Cheltenham
Dating from c1845, the house on the corner of Malvern Place and Douro Road was Grade II listed in 1955.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Apr 2016
0.05 miles