IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Melbourne Close, LINCOLN, LN6 3QG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Melbourne Close, LN6 3QG 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 (13 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Birchwood: aerial
A46 ring road across top left corner and Hartsholme Country Park and Lake on the right.
Image: © Chris
Taken: 11 Mar 2014
0.09 miles
2
Bus at Birchwood Centre
A bus entering the long lay by on Birchwood Avenue outside Birchwood Neighbourhood Centre.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 3 Mar 2012
0.10 miles
3
Birchwood Leisure Centre
Leisure centre in the heart of Lincolns biggest housing estate.
Image: © Matthew Smith
Taken: 4 Oct 2005
0.12 miles
4
Birchwood Co-op
Shopping development on the Birchwood
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.16 miles
5
Birchwood shopping
Shopping development at Birchwood
Image: © Richard Croft
Taken: 13 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
6
WWII information board
Situated adjacent to a children's play area is this information boards detailing the history of RAF Skellingthorpe. Of significant note, F/O Leslie Manser a Pilot in 50 Sqn won a posthumous Victoria Cross flying from this airfield. He was the only RAF pilot to win the award flying an Avro Manchester bomber - the aircraft that proceeded the legendary Lancaster
Image: © Tony Hibberd
Taken: 21 Sep 2012
0.17 miles
7
Taxiway of former WWII airfield
This is the last surviving section of taxiway at the site of the former RAF Skellingthorpe airfield on the outskirts of Lincoln. Now covered by the Birchwood Estate, this short section was recently resurfaced and local schools have marked out a timeline detailing the history of the airfield
Image: © Tony Hibberd
Taken: 21 Sep 2012
0.17 miles
8
Birchwood Avenue
Birchwood Avenue is the main road through the largest housing estate in Lincoln. The estate was started in the early 1980's and is still being built today.
Image: © Matthew Smith
Taken: 7 Oct 2005
0.19 miles
10
WWII RAF Memorial
Roadside memorial to the units based at the former Bomber Command airfield of RAF Skellingthorpe, which now lies under Lincoln's Birchwood estate. The majority of all the roads on this estate have an aviation theme to their name
Image: © Tony Hibberd
Taken: 21 Sep 2012
0.20 miles