IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Welford Road, LEICESTER, LE2 7AJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Welford Road, LE2 7AJ by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (344 Images Found)
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Prison, Welford Road, Leicester
Suitably forbidding, although its towers, turrets and castellated profile bring to mind a castle. Built 1825-28 by William Parsons, County Surveyor. The gatehouse and adjoining wall seen here are grade II listed.
Nowadays it's a local prison for adult males, both sentenced and on remand from local courts. A "local prison is a type of prison where a person is detained before a trial or directly after a conviction." According to a report by the Prison Reform Trust, published the day before submission of this photo, the prison, designed to hold 200 inmates, currently holds 342, making it the fourth most overcrowded prison in England and Wales.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Aug 2011
0.01 miles
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Leicester Prison, Welford Road
There is an OS benchmark Image on a stone in the arch left of the wooden gates
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 2 Jun 2017
0.01 miles
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Benchmark on Leicester Prison
Ordnance Survey 1GL bolt benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm22974
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 2 Jun 2017
0.01 miles
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County Gaol, Leicester, west front
Built in stone in contrast to the brick of the remainder of the perimeter walls http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6041454 . 1825-8 by William Parsons the County Surveyor, the governors house to the left being added in 1844-6. Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 26 Jan 2019
0.01 miles
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County Gaol, Leicester, gatehouse
The impressive gatehouse in Victorian Medieval style. 1825-8 by William Parsons the County Surveyor, Listed Grade II. Now HMP Leicester.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 26 Jan 2019
0.01 miles
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County Gaol, Leicester, north side along Tower Street
Governor's House in Tudor revival style, 1844-6, with the earlier brick perimeter wall visible beyond. Listed Grade II.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 26 Jan 2019
0.02 miles
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Turret at HM Prison Leicester
The prison was built to resemble a castle, the oldest parts date from 1825, and it was opened in 1828.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 1 Mar 2015
0.02 miles
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Welford Road Prison, Leicester
The imposing front entrance of Leicester's Prison.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 17 Jun 2007
0.03 miles
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Leicester - LE1
H.M.P. Leicester is situated in Welford Road in the Southfields area of the city immediately north of Nelson Mandela Park (that was known as Welford Road Recreation Ground until 1991). A Mandela quotation in the park reads: "There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere". The prison was designed by William Parsons to resemble a castle and was opened in 1828. The gatehouse, including the adjoining buildings to north and south and the perimeter wall are Grade II listed structures.
Image: © David Hallam-Jones
Taken: 31 Mar 2012
0.03 miles
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9-29 Upper King Street, Leicester
Colourful group, looking rather seasidey. It dates from 1835, possibly the work of William Flint. The pilasters are adorned with anthemions, just visible at the top and bottom of the nearest one. Grade II listed.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 24 Aug 2011
0.04 miles