IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Strathcona Road, FORRES, IV36 1QB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Strathcona Road, IV36 1QB 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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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (152 Images Found)
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Strathcona Road and Old Mint Road
Strathcona Road, the farther away of these blocks of council housing, is named after Lord Strathcona, who was born Donald Alexander Smith in Forres in 1820.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 8 May 2008
0.03 miles
2
St Laurence Court
Housing on Orchard Road, Forres.
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg
Taken: 1 Aug 2018
0.03 miles
3
Daisy (Bellis perennis)
I imagine it will not be long before the splendid carpet of daisies by the Mosset Burn falls victim to the council's mowing machinery. Meantime these ones were there to be admired.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 8 May 2008
0.05 miles
4
Mosset Burn and Bridge
Mosset Burn and Bridge on a sunny day
Image: © thejackrustles
Taken: 9 Mar 2021
0.05 miles
5
The Burn of Mosset flows through Forres
Image: © Des Colhoun
Taken: 30 Dec 2008
0.05 miles
6
The Thomson Monument, Forres
Almost obscured by trees, this obelisk erected in 1857 commemorates James Thomson who served as a surgeon in the Crimean war. See http://chrisbridgeford.squarespace.com/the-thomson-monument/ for more information.
Image: © Alan hodgson
Taken: 17 Jul 2011
0.05 miles
7
Site of Forres Castle and Motte
The monument to James Thomson sits atop the site of the former Forres Castle. https://canmore.org.uk/site/15794/forres-castle
Image: © valenta
Taken: 2 Feb 2019
0.05 miles
8
Thomson Monument
This elevated area is the site of Forres Castle, of which no trace remains. The granite obelisk being almost smothered by the flowering trees commemorates James Thomson, who saved many lives while serving as an army surgeon in Crimea.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 8 May 2008
0.05 miles
9
Mosset Burn
Looking downstream from the bridge which carries Orchard Road across the burn.
Image: © Anne Burgess
Taken: 8 May 2008
0.06 miles
10
Forres War Memorial
Set amidst rose beds by the Mosset Burn at the west end of Forres' High Street.
http://www.forres-net.co.uk/
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 9 Jul 2008
0.07 miles