IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Swale Avenue, PRESCOT, L35 0NH
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Swale Avenue, L35 0NH 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 (74 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
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St Ann's Millennium Centre, Rainhill
St Ann centre in View Road, Rainhill, formerly the old schoolhouse.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 28 Jan 2006
0.10 miles
3
Railway Museum, Rainhill
Rainhill has an important place in railway history, as the location of the Rainhill Trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainhill_Trials ) where the proposed designs of locomotives for were tested in competition prior to the opening of the World’s first passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester.
This replica railway carriage, in the colours of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, houses a small exhibition containing many items of railway history that commemorate the Rainhill Trials of 1829 and the 150th Anniversary Celebrations held in 1979/80. The Museum is open to the public; it is accessed through the library.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 5 Mar 2013
0.11 miles
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Rainhill Railway Museum
Situated behind the local library and with limited opening times.
"Rainhill was the site of the 1829 Rainhill Trials won by George Stephenson and his Rocket. The Trials exhibition is staged in a British Railways Mark 1 carriage in the grounds of St Helens Council's Rainhill Library. It contains sketches and accounts of the Trials with original memorabilia. A short audio visual presentation traces the development of the railways and steam locomotives. Souvenirs are also available from the library." - St Helens Council
Image: © Neil Theasby
Taken: 12 Sep 2016
0.11 miles
5
St Ann's Church, Rainhill
St Ann's C of E Church, Rainhill was founded in 1837.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 12 May 2007
0.15 miles
6
Rainhill Village
Looking west along Warrington Road to the village centre. Rainhill is famous for the locomotive trials of October 1829. When the Liverpool and Manchester Railway was approaching completion, the directors of the railway ran a competition to decide whether stationary steam engines or locomotives would be used to pull the trains. The Rainhill Trials were arranged as an open contest that would let them see all the locomotive candidates in action with a prize of £500 was offered to the winner of the trials. The Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials. It averaged 12 miles per hour, hauling 13 tons, and was declared the winner of the £500 prize. The Stephensons were accordingly given the contract to produce locomotives for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 28 Jan 2006
0.16 miles
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The Church of St Ann, Rainhill
The church was founded in 1837.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 5 Mar 2013
0.17 miles
9
St Ann's Church, Rainhill
This substantial church of Victorian origin - it was built in 1837 - reflects Rainhill's history as largely a product of the railway age.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 2 Dec 2012
0.18 miles
10
Rainhill
Looking east, along Warrington Road (A57).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 5 Mar 2013
0.18 miles