IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sierra Road, HIGH WYCOMBE, HP11 1GX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Sierra Road, HP11 1GX by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Notes
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Image Listing (26 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
River Wye
At Wycombe Marsh, in an area of retail and industrial units.
Image: © Andrew Smith
Taken: 4 Apr 2006
0.09 miles
2
Wycombe Marsh: Wye Dene and Sierra Road
This brownfield development site was once occupied by Bowden Corn Mill, and then by a sewage works. Sierra Road heads on into the development past the roundabout.
There is a strange optical illusion with this photograph whereby the roundabout looks as if it has been shopped in and is floating above the road!
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 5 Jun 2012
0.12 miles
3
Sierra Road, High Wycombe
Pelican Crossing.
Image: © Dave Hitchborne
Taken: 14 Jun 2013
0.16 miles
4
Sierra Road, High Wycombe
Pelican Crossing at the junction with the A40 London Road.
Image: © Dave Hitchborne
Taken: 14 Jun 2013
0.17 miles
5
A40 Tyres on London Road, High Wycombe
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 27 Sep 2022
0.17 miles
8
Wycombe Marsh: Sewer pipeline
I am assuming that this is a sewer pipeline because it is heading straight in the direction of what is marked on the OS 1:10,000 scale map as a water pollution control works. The pipeline runs parallel to Image, the embankment of which can be seen beyond. The much smaller upper pipe is probably some form of venting facility. The patch of weedless water with the dark green edging in the centre of the picture was bubbling away and I am assuming that this must be a syphon that allows water to pass under the railway embankment. All this is pure speculation!
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 13 Aug 2008
0.19 miles
10
High Wycombe: Former railway line to Bourne End
This is the trackbed of what was once Brunel's broad gauge Wycombe Railway. Opened in 1854 it was the main line between High Wycombe and London via Maidenhead until the construction of the far more direct Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway to and from London Marylebone in 1899. The former Wycombe Railway north of Bourne End was a fairly inevitable victim of the Beeching axe and closed in 1970. The trackbed crosses the valley of the River Wye on an embankment here, and the railings indicate the location of Image
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 13 Aug 2008
0.20 miles