IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Oldham Road, MANCHESTER, M35 0BX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Oldham Road, M35 0BX 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 (72 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Direction Sign ? Signpost
Located on the northeast side of the junction of the A663 Broadway with the A62 Oldham Road in Oldham metropolitan district. 2 arms and annulus finial.
Milestone Society National ID: LA_SD8801A
Image: © A Norrie
Taken: 15 May 2020
0.02 miles
2
Where Broadway joins Oldham Road
Two major routes into Manchester converge. You can just see part of Holy Trinity Church behind the trees.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 2 Jun 2010
0.03 miles
3
Sub Post Office, Failsworth
Sub Post Office, on Oldham Road (A62), Failsworth. Opposite Broadway, at the corner of Mellor Street.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Jan 2011
0.04 miles
4
Failsworth Telephone Exchange
Located at 179 Oldham Road (A62 road), this TE comprises of the original redbrick building on the left dating from the GPO era with the extension to the right of the photo. It has the code MRFAI and provides telephone and broadband services to 27,455 residential and 920 non-residential premises in Failsworth plus Hollinwood, New Moston, Newton Heath and Woodhouses nearby. Until the late 1960s, it used to have FAIlsworth numbers but now has 0161- 681, 682, and 688 xxxx numbers, the 0161 referring to the Manchester group of TEs. The postcode of this TE is M35 0BX.
Image: © David Hillas
Taken: 24 Jun 2015
0.04 miles
6
The Weavers Arms
Public house (now closed) on Oldham Road (A62), Failsworth, at the junction with Broadway (A663).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Jan 2011
0.06 miles
7
Direction Sign ? Signpost on the A663 Broadway in Failsworth
Located in Failsworth on the northwest side of the junction of the A663 Broadway with the A62 Oldham Road. 2 arms and annulus finial. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2421808.
Milestone Society National ID: LA_SD8801B
Image: © Roadside Relics
Taken: 29 Jul 2019
0.06 miles
8
Weavers Arms
The former Weavers Arms Image was closed by 2011 Image It seems that for a time it became the Manchester Tile Centre but they too have now moved out.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 13 Sep 2016
0.07 miles
9
Signage (ancient and modern)
At the junction of the A62 and the A663 in Failsworth the old style road sign, provided by the former Failsworth Urban District Council, is flanked by contemporary Highways Agency signs adapted for the motorway age.
Image: © Peter Thwaite
Taken: 12 Jun 2010
0.07 miles
10
Stone laid by Samuel Johnson
The inscription on this stone at Holy Trinity, Failsworth Image reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY
SAMUEL JOHNSON G.G.
OF FAILSWORTH
NOVEMBER 21ST 1908.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 13 Sep 2016
0.07 miles