IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Roby Road, LIVERPOOL, L36 4HG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Roby Road, L36 4HG 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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Image Listing (37 Images Found)
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Cottages Roby Rd corner of Station Rd
Roby, like its neighbour Huyton, is an ancient village mentioned in the Domesday Book and still proud of its identity. These cottages are on a corner opposite the toll bar cottage on the busy A5080.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 13 Aug 2005
0.02 miles
2
Roby kiosk opened in 1936
Sadly not open on this day!!
As at February 2009 the kiosk has now been reported demolished, leaving a hole in the ground and some new concrete posts where it used to stand. This is a sad end to another piece of our local history.
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 25 Jul 2008
0.03 miles
3
Old toll house at Roby
Used to collect tolls when the road was a turnpike
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 25 Jul 2008
0.06 miles
4
Roby Cross
Roby Cross, a medieval sandstone pillar and base originally stood the corner of Carr Lane before being moved in 1979 to its present location. Although likely to have been a boundary stone it had previously been known as the market cross and may have been at the location of Roby market which had received a charter in 1304.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 20 Apr 2020
0.07 miles
5
The Fifteen Guinea Special approaching Roby Station
The very last (standard gauge) steam-hauled train promoted by British Rail ran on Sunday 11th August 1968. Universally (but unofficially) known as the 'Fifteen Guinea Special' because of what was then regarded as an outrageous ticket price (equivalent to almost £340 in 2024), the train ran from Liverpool, to Manchester, and on to Carlisle over the Settle & Carlisle line. It returned by the same route.
The first leg of the trip, from Liverpool to Manchester along the original Liverpool & Manchester Railway of 1830, was headed by LMS Black 5 45110 seen here approaching Roby Station. For a 2011 photo taken from the exact same spot see Image
Happily 45110 survived into the preservation era and arrived at the Severn Valley Railway in August 1970. It saw much use on the line and also headed many specials on the national network in the late 1990s. It has however been out-of-use awaiting an overhaul since 2008. In August 2023 the SVR sold 45110 to a private owner and it was moved to Carnforth Motive Power Depot.
Image: © Martin Tester
Taken: 11 Aug 1968
0.07 miles
6
The railway, looking west from Bridge Rd, Roby
Image: © John Lord
Taken: 27 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
7
Northern Rail Class 156, 156423, Roby railway station
The train heads off beneath the Bridge Road bridge with a service to Liverpool.
Image: © El Pollock
Taken: 30 Dec 2013
0.08 miles
9
Old platelayers hut at Roby station
This hut was once used by line maintenance men when there was four tracks running under this bridge.
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 25 Jul 2008
0.09 miles
