IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Glenthorne Road, KINGSTON UPON THAMES, KT1 2UB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Glenthorne Road, KT1 2UB 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.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
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 (104 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Houses on Villiers Rd
These yellow brick victorian semi detached houses are between the junctions with Alfred Rd and Grove Lane. A very similar property nearby is currently being marketed for £550,000 (January 2016)
Image: © Nigel Mykura
Taken: 3 Dec 2015
0.06 miles
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Houses on Villiers Road, Kingston
I've chosen the same row of houses as Nigel at Image, but a few metres further south. Aah - a New Zealand cabbage tree.
Image: © Derek Harper
Taken: 29 May 2016
0.07 miles
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The Duke of Buckingham, Villiers Road
Both the pub and the road commemorate George Villiers, second Duke of Buckingham, who led a colourful life of military adventuring and Royalist plotting during and after the Civil War.
Adopted and brought up by King Charles 1st, he was in the Royalist army by 1642, aged 14, AFTER having got a degree at Cambridge.
One of his earliest exploits was involvement in The Earl of Holland's insurrection here at Kingston in 1648.
There followed Exile, Romance, Plotting, Imprisonment in The Tower, Successful Comeback, Appointment as Gentleman of The Bedchamber and official Orb Carrier....etc, etc..
All this and more swashbuckling on http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/buckingham2.htm
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 12 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
7
Hogsmill River at Kingston Upon Thames
Heron on a shopping trolley, graffiti in background.
Image: © Jim Easterbrook
Taken: 12 Apr 2004
0.08 miles
8
The Duke of Buckingham, Kingston
A pub situated on a five-point junction.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 12 Sep 2013
0.08 miles
