IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
The Embankment, BEDFORD, MK40 3PD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to The Embankment, MK40 3PD 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 (239 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
1
Olympic Torch
The 2012 Olympic torch as it travels down The Embankment in Bedford on the 8th of July.
Image: © Barry Ephgrave
Taken: 8 Jul 2012
0.02 miles
2
The Embankment
The view of the Pub on the Embankment by the River Great Ouse in Bedford.
Image: © Gordon Griffiths
Taken: 12 Nov 2018
0.02 miles
4
Footpath at The Embankment
A shady spot on the north bank of the Great Ouse near the centre of Bedford.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 17 May 2010
0.03 miles
5
A Cornerstone of Freedom
An intriguing feature in a flower bed on the Embankment at Bedford. Bedford, Indiana, is the headquarters of Indiana Limestone, great quarriers of Bedford limestone for the whole of the USA. The company is still extant, but its website records its foundation in 1926, which does not sit well with this stone, presented in 1948, recording the centenary of its foundation - perhaps an earlier incarnation.
Update June 2012 - a brochure obtained during a recent visit to Bedford, Indiana, says that commercial quarrying in the area began in the 1820s; demand for stone increased in the 1870s to replace wooden structures in Boston and Chicago destroyed by fire, and the number of quarries doubled between 1889 and 1895; limestone cladding of early skyscrapers kept the industry going, but post WWII architectural styles reduced the demand for limestone and many quarries did not reopen after the war. The use of stone has become fashionable again and many modern buildings in Indiana and further afield are being clad in the fine grey oolitic limestone from the area.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 7 Sep 2007
0.03 miles
6
The Embankment, The Embankment, Bedford
The Embankment Hotel was built in 1891.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 9 Dec 2017
0.03 miles
7
Embankment Public House, Bedford
The Embankment is an imposing mock-Tudor pub in the heart of Bedford, it was built in 1891.
Image: © PAUL FARMER
Taken: 26 Dec 2010
0.03 miles
8
The Embankment
Flower beds on the north bank of the Great Ouse, by the War Memorial.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 17 May 2010
0.04 miles
9
River Great Ouse, Bedford
River Great Ouse flowing through Bedford.
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 24 Jul 2011
0.04 miles
10
A symbol of friendship and solidarity
A plaque presented to Bedford, UK, by the Indiana Limestone Company, Bedford, Indiana, USA,Image in its context by the Embankment of the River Great Ouse.
Image: © M J Richardson
Taken: 1 Jul 2012
0.04 miles