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Telephone box, Beech Avenue
Telephone boxes are not what they used to be, so to find one is interesting, even if its primary purpose appears to be an advertising hoarding. My assistant Madog's hat seems to have slipped slightly.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 25 Dec 2016
0.07 miles
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Top o'th Fields 1
A popular walking route between the 'Trees' estate and Fountain place shopping precinct runs along the boundary of the golf course. On the now traditional mid-day walk, the image was taken at 12:04h.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 25 Dec 2013
0.08 miles
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Top o'th Fields 2
Top o'th Fields is a development of 30 warden-controlled, single-bedroom flats that was built in 1972. It is run by Six Town Housing, which is the property management 'arm's-length' company for all of Bury Councils' housing. Top o'th Fields is also the name of the road which runs across the frontage.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 25 Dec 2013
0.08 miles
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Where Bury New Road and Bury Old Road meet
These roads, the A56 and A665, have come separately from Manchester and now meet on the southern edge of Whitefield.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
0.09 miles
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Queueing traffic on the A56
The traffic is waiting on Bury New Road at the traffic lights for Barn Street, which introduces northbound traffic from Bury Old Road.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
0.09 miles
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Pine Avenue
Part of an estate built in the 1930s and still presenting a homely, residential aspect.
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins
Taken: 26 Oct 2012
0.09 miles
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Besses o' th' Barn Church
Besses United Reformed Church is designated as a Grade II building by Historic England (List Entry Number: 1309378 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1309378 ). It is situated between Bury New Road and Bury Old Road in the Besses o' th' Barn area of Whitefield
Originally known as Besses Congregational Church, the church was built between 1863 and 1865, to serve the Congregational denomination of nonconformist Christians. At that time, the population of Besses o' th' Barn was approximately 8000. The building is a bicentenary memorial erected to commemorate the secession from the established Church of England in 1662. It was designed in the Gothic Revival style by Alfred Waterhouse.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 15 Jun 2020
0.10 miles
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Besses URC
Imposing Victorian United Reformed Church at junction of Bury Old & New Roads. For details, see http://www.nwsynod.org.uk/district/churchdetails/2L10
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 26 Jan 2009
0.10 miles
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Apartments - Whitefield
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 13 Jun 2011
0.10 miles
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Besses o'th' Barn United Reformed Church
Evening sun is making the windows brighter than one might expect.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 9 Sep 2010
0.11 miles