IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Lumber Lane, MANCHESTER, M28 2QN
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Lumber Lane, M28 2QN 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 (33 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
2
Kempnough Brook
Kempnough Brook, at Beesley Green
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.09 miles
4
Kempnough Brook
Stepping stones provide a crossing through Kempnough Brook in Worsley Woods.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.09 miles
5
The Path Into Worsley Woods
The footpath into Worsley Woods, from Beesley Green.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.09 miles
6
Petasites Hybridus At Beesley Green
The path from Beesley green to Worsley Woods. On the right hand side, is a wooden sculpture of Petasites hybridus (butterbur) a perennial shrub which grows all over the UK, predominantly on wet marshy land. (for more information on the Butterbur, see http://www.butterbur.co.uk/what-is-butterbur.php ).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.10 miles
8
The Loopline
The Tyldesley Loopline was the Manchester and Wigan Railway line from Eccles to the junction west of Tyldesley station and its continuance south west via Bedford Leigh to Kenyon Junction. The line opened on September 1st 1864 with a branch line leaving the Tyldesley to Eccles line at Roe Green with stations at Walkden, Little Hulton and Plodder Lane was opening in 1870.
The line closed in 1969. The former trackbed which passes through the Wigan MBC area was reserved in the Unitary Development Plan in case the rail route could be reinstated. Salford City Council has used the trackbed of the railway for recreational purposes turning it into a rail trail, part of which can be seen here at Roe Green.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 24 Feb 2011
0.11 miles
9
Worsley Old Hall
Historic house, now a restaurant / public house, in the former estate of the Duke of Bridgewater and Earls of Ellesmere.
Image: © Tony Smith
Taken: 17 Jul 2005
0.12 miles
