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Housing on Vale Road, Colwick
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 13 Apr 2013
0.04 miles
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Modern housing on Vale Road
Late 20th century housing on a former industrial site.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 25 Dec 2020
0.06 miles
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Lawrence Avenue, Colwick.
The Lawrence furniture factory was a major landmark in the area, now replaced by this housing development; the name lives on.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 14 Jan 2007
0.07 miles
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Colwick: cyclists and a 44 bus in Vale Road
The city-bound bus is approaching its next stop. St John the Baptist C of E Primary School is behind the green fence on the left.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 23 Sep 2015
0.08 miles
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A school with an aeroplane
There can't be many schools with an aeroplance in their grounds: St John the Baptist C of E Primary School in Colwick Vale is one. For another view of it, see Alan Murray Rust's
Image This picture was taken through the perimeter fence from the footpath to Bakersfield.
Image: © John Sutton
Taken: 23 Sep 2015
0.08 miles
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Still flying!
See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3902717 for more information. Since that view was taken, the aeroplane has had a repaint, removing the registration lettering, and has also lost its propeller blades.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 25 Dec 2020
0.09 miles
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Colwick Vale sewage pumping station
A very necessary feature of the flat alluvial lands close to the River Trent, with the main treatment works at a higher level than the sewers.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 25 Dec 2020
0.10 miles
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Tin Bridge, Colwick
The Tin Bridge, as it is colloquially known, crosses the former Midland Railway line east from Nottingham, providing a pedestrian link between Colwick and Bakersfield. The steps at either end of the bridge have been fitted with very narrow chutes to enable bicycles to be wheeled rather than carried.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 13 Apr 2013
0.10 miles
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Flying school?
This Short 360 aeroplane was installed at St John the Baptist C of E School in Colwick as an additional classroom in 2011. Registered G-SSWD it was once operated by the Exeter based Streamline Airways.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 16 Mar 2014
0.10 miles
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Footbridge at Carlton
This footbridge crosses the rail-line at Carlton, on the edge of Colwick Woods.
Image: © Donnylad
Taken: 2 Jun 2007
0.11 miles