IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Alston Walk, MANCHESTER, M24 4LL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Alston Walk, M24 4LL 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 (4 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
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Bowness Shops
Row of shops on Bowness Road, Langley.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 21 Apr 2010
0.19 miles
2
WWII Lancashire: Barrage Balloon Centre No. 10, Bowlee, Middleton, Manchester (1)
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Manchester's No. 10 Barrage Balloon Centre was established at Middleton in October 1939, and was the headquarters and maintenance depot for three barrage balloon squadrons manned by RAF personnel. It was attacked by the Luftwaffe on 7th March 1941 by 'Experten' aircrew in a Junkers 88, that dropped nine 50 kg HE bombs, and at least 12 incendiaries. Two were killed, an airman and an airwoman, and four were seriously injured.
The site today has been completely cleared, and is now an open public area. As a reminder of its wartime history, a grassed area in the centre has been landscaped to represent the size and shape of a wartime barrage balloon. Its significance is only revealed however when viewed from the air. A nice touch nevertheless.
Google Earth view: https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/7eabe3a1649ffa2b3ff8c02ebfd5659f/Middleton_Barrage_Balloon_Depot-original.jpg
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Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 12 Aug 2021
0.22 miles
3
WWII Lancashire: Barrage Balloon Centre No. 10, Bowlee, Middleton, Manchester (2)
A view of the bow or front end of the "balloon", part of a grassed area in the centre of the site, landscaped to represent the size and shape of a wartime barrage balloon. Google Earth view:
https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/7eabe3a1649ffa2b3ff8c02ebfd5659f/Middleton_Barrage_Balloon_Depot-original.jpg
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Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 12 Aug 2021
0.24 miles
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WWII Lancashire: Barrage Balloon Centre No. 10, Bowlee, Middleton, Manchester (3)
Another view that's of the stern or tail fin end of the "balloon", part of a grassed area in the centre of the site which has been landscaped to represent the size and shape of a wartime barrage balloon. Google Earth view: https://media.geograph.org.uk/files/7eabe3a1649ffa2b3ff8c02ebfd5659f/Middleton_Barrage_Balloon_Depot-original.jpg
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Image: © Mike Searle
Taken: 12 Aug 2021
0.24 miles