IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Spen Road, RYTON, NE40 4LA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Spen Road, NE40 4LA 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 (39 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Houses in the centre of Greenside
On the north side of Lead Road, in the centre of this ex mining village.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 4 Jul 2022
0.06 miles
2
Bungalows in Sunny Brae
On the east side of Lead Road.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 12 Apr 2012
0.06 miles
3
School zone, Lead Road
For Greenside Primary School.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 12 Apr 2012
0.06 miles
4
Main road through Greenside
Looking east down Lead Road towards the crossroads with Spen Lane. The village is strung along Lead Road, running west to east.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 4 Jul 2022
0.06 miles
5
Crossroads in Greenside village centre
View along Lead Road to the junction with Rockwood Hill Road, which is right of the Methodist Church in the centre of the picture. Spen Lane goes off to the left, on the edge of the picture, beside the War Memorial.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 4 Jul 2022
0.07 miles
6
Rear of Greenside Methodist Church
The chapel is on the crossroads at the centre of the village. From the plaque on the gable end here, the original was built in 1781, but re-built in 1904.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 4 Jul 2022
0.07 miles
7
Coal tub, Greenside
A number of former mining villages have installed relics of the days of mining. This coal tub bears the inscription "The history and heritage of mining in Greenside is preserved through the local group Banner Tales. This memorial coal tub is dedicated to the memory of all those who worked at Greenside Pit and their families."
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 23 Sep 2016
0.08 miles
8
Greenside Primary School
The village school was built at the start of the 20th century, after the expansion of the village following the opening of Greenside Colliery in 1902. It's still in the original building, although only for primary pupils.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 4 Jul 2022
0.08 miles
9
War memorial, Greenside
In addition to the dead of two World Wars, there is an inscription to a villager killed in Afghanistan, 2013. Sited in the angle between Lead Road and Spen Lane.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 23 Sep 2016
0.09 miles
10
Looking east along Lead Road in Greenside
This is the main road leading into the village from the west.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 4 Jul 2022
0.09 miles