IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Saffron Road, WIGSTON, LE18 4AG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Saffron Road, LE18 4AG 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 (27 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Wigston Glen Parva railway station (site), Leicestershire
Opened in 1884 by the London & North Western Railway on the line from Leicester to Birmingham, this station closed in 1968. No trace apparently remains.
View west towards Blaby and Birmingham. A modern replacement station was opened 300m behind the camera position in 1986. See Image
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 6 Feb 2016
0.07 miles
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Saffron Road, South Wigston, Leicester
Early 20th Century houses at the southern end of Saffron Road.
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 2 Jun 2006
0.11 miles
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South Wigston Station
This small station with its staggered platforms is on the main Leicester to Birmingham line. The bank is a mass of marguerites with a few iris. The bridge carries a footpath from Kenilworth Road towards the shops on Blaby Road
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 2 Jun 2006
0.11 miles
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Alf Wright Construction Ltd, South Wigston
Specialists in special needs installs.
Image: © Stephen Sweeney
Taken: 19 Jun 2011
0.11 miles
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Railway lines at South Wigston
The railway lines here are part of the triangle of lines at South Wigston. On the right can be seen the northern platform of South Wigston Railway Station, with it bus shelter style waiting room.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 15 Apr 2011
0.17 miles
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South Wigston Railway Station waiting room, South Wigston
Waiting room is perhaps too grand a term for what is basically an enlarged version of a bus shelter. This, the information board with train times, and the platform lighting, are the only facilities to be found here. This is the platform on the north side of the tracks. Similar facilities are to be found on the other platform.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 15 Apr 2011
0.18 miles
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South Wigston Railway Station, South Wigston
The station is on the line from Birmingham to Leicester via Hinckley, but many trains do not stop here. The station's platforms are staggered, and this is the one on the north side of the tracks. The other platform is on the other side of the footbridge.
In the distance can be seen tracks coming in from the left. There is in fact a triangle of tracks in this area. The arrangement used to be even more complicated, as there was a further line going to Rugby, which cut across part of the triangle, but that closed decades ago. There used to be three stations in this area, but all were closed and replaced by the present South Wigston station, which is about as basic as can be.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 15 Apr 2011
0.18 miles
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Glen Parva Junction
Photographed looking east from Saffron Road Bridge towards South Wigston Station.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 14 Apr 2007
0.18 miles
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Train passing through South Wigston Station
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 15 Feb 2015
0.19 miles