IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Eccles Old Road, SALFORD, M6 8HH
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Eccles Old Road, M6 8HH 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 (21 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Eccles Old Road, Gold Post Box
Royal Mail celebrated every gold medal won by a British athlete during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by repainting one of their iconic red pillar boxes gold for each gold medal winning Olympian or Paralympian. Sarah Storey won four gold medals, so four postboxes were painted gold in her honour. This one celebrates Sarah’s gold medal winning performance for the road cycling Women's C5 Time Trial event. It is outside the Gilda Brook Post Office on Eccles Old Road.
In total, Team GB won 29 Gold Medals for the Olympic Games and 34 Gold Medals for the Paralympic Games; for team medals, a post box was painted gold for all team members (see http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Olympic-Gold-Post-Boxes for list and more examples).
This was the first occasion in modern times that Royal Mail had changed the colour of their post boxes from the traditional red which has been the standard colour for UK boxes from 1874, with very few exceptions. The original plan was for the boxes to be returned to their traditional red colour but in November, it was announced that they would remain gold and that a plaque would be fixed to each one (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20183986 BBC News).
https://web.archive.org/web/20171231162534/https://www.goldpostboxes.com/ - archived 31st December 2017 (Royal Mail Gold Postbox Finder)
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 13 Sep 2012
0.01 miles
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Traffic on Eccles Old Road
Approaching Salford Royal Hospital on the right (the former Hope Hospital).
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 16 Oct 2010
0.03 miles
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Hope Building, Salford Royal Hospital
The new Hope Building ("Emergency Village" http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/1414827_salford_royal_hospital_building_for_healthy_future ) scheduled to open in October 2011, at Salford Royal (formerly Hope) Hospital.
Work started on the project in May 2009 with the demolition of the building where the Hope Building now stands. For further information, see http://menmedia.co.uk/salfordadvertiser/news/s/1414827_salford_royal_hospital_building_for_healthy_future (Salford Advertiser).
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 4 Sep 2011
0.09 miles
5
Hope Hospital, Salford
Looking across Eccles Old Road towards Hope Hospital. High rise buildings provide staff accommodation and administrative facilities.
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 13 Mar 2007
0.11 miles
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The New Salford Royal (Hope) Hospital
Under Construction
Image: © Anthony Parkes
Taken: 21 Jul 2010
0.11 miles
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Salford Royal Hospital
Almost entirely rebuilt, to replace the old Victorian buildings. Some of the older buildings remain around the edge of the site.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 16 May 2016
0.13 miles
8
Hope Hospital
Looking down Wilton Road and across Eccles Old Road towards older buildings of the Hope Hospital complex in Salford.
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 13 Mar 2007
0.13 miles
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Eccles Old Road at Hope Hospital
Traffic on the A576 is queuing for the Stott Lane traffic lights.
Image: © Peter Whatley
Taken: 17 Dec 2008
0.13 miles
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The White Horse, Gilda Brook
The White Horse public house on Eccles Old Road, Gilda Brook
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 13 Sep 2012
0.14 miles