IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Corporation Road, LEICESTER, LE4 5SP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Corporation Road, LE4 5SP 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
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Notes
- Clicking on the map will re-center to the selected point.
- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (269 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Abbey Pumping Station - narrow gauge railway.
Track for a narrow gauge railway at this museum site was laid in the early 1980s, this followed the layout of a previous railway. Manned by volunteers, the railway gives rides to the public on special event days - like today. Trains are usually hauled by Bagnall 'Leonard' 0-4-0ST built in 1919 also available are four industrial diesel locomotives.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Dec 2011
0.05 miles
2
Don't panic Captain Mainwaring!
Home guard display at Abbey Pumping Station at the major event of 2014 with all four beam engines running simultaneously.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2014
0.06 miles
4
Abbey Pumping Station - railway
The site's steam locomotive needs a retube, so the railway is using this diesel 'Simplex' locomotive to haul the rolling stock.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2014
0.06 miles
5
Benchmark on wall pier at Abbey Pumping Station Museum
Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm102374
Image: © Roger Templeman
Taken: 9 May 2018
0.07 miles
6
Playing Fields at John Ellis Community College
The college is half in this square and half in Image It was closed in 1999 as part of the reorganisation of the Leicester City education provision.
Image: © Kate Jewell
Taken: 25 Oct 2005
0.07 miles
7
Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester
A view of the famous pumping station, from the River Soar. Located near the National Space Centre. As of 2011, the rear walls appear to be boarded up.
Image: © Oliver Mills
Taken: 6 Jul 2011
0.07 miles
8
Abbey Pumping station - orange roller
Aveling Barford internal combustion engined roller
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2014
0.07 miles
9
Abbey Pumping Station - frying tonight
The Leicester Museum of Technology's superbly restored coal-fired mobile fish and chip van. This was doing a roaring trade although we didn't sample the wares. To the best of my knowledge this is the only working example of its type.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 4 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
10
Abbey Pumping Station - four at once!
All four of the site's 1891 Gimson beam engines can be seen in steam simultaneously to celebrate 50 years since the site closed as a working sewage pumping station. This was a special 'one-off' weekend event requiring a large hired in boiler to provide sufficient steam for a 5 hour run on the Sunday.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 29 Jun 2014
0.07 miles