IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Chippenham Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 5SS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Chippenham Road, NG5 5SS 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
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (34 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
Chippenham Road
Looking down towards Edwards Lane.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.01 miles
2
Bus ascending Chippenham Road
A 71 to Arnold climbs Chippenham Road in Bestwood Park estate.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 3 Sep 2011
0.02 miles
3
Chippenham Road
Part of the extensive Bestwood Park development from the 1950s onwards.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.04 miles
4
The Oxclose
A once popular pub serving the Bestwood estate. Now boarded up and looking forlorn.
Image: © Mick Garratt
Taken: 3 May 2008
0.11 miles
5
Mosswood Crescent
Part of a large council development of the postwar period.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.12 miles
6
Sandy bank at Sandy Banks
It's clear how this urban nature Reserve has got its name; the Bunter Sandstone is very close to the surface. For more about the reserve, see Image
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.13 miles
7
Sign at Sandy Banks
Shown as a Nature Area, but recently designated as a Reserve.
Sandy Banks is a fortuitous survival of natural landscape, due to it being reserved for a main road that was never built. Its website describes it as follows:
"Set in a green valley, it is a wildlife haven that would at one time have formed part of Sherwood Forest. It is situated 4 miles north of Nottingham City Centre in the Bestwood area of the city.
The site covers 5.9 hectares and is one of the few remaining wild sites within the City boundary. The high valley sides provide an excellent viewing point looking south towards the city centre.
The underlying Sandstone and free draining sandy soils give rise to conditions known as Lowland Dry Acid Grassland; this is a nationally rare habitat important for many kinds of invertebrates including beetles and solitary bees and wasps. The exposed areas of Sandstone and bare ground provide some of these insects with suitable areas for basking and burrowing.
There are also plantation woodlands, stands of broom, bracken and areas of neutral grassland which although common habitats, add interest and structural diversity to the site. The woodland and scrub areas provide nesting and feeding sites for a wide range of birds, including Linnet, Chiffchaff and Whitethroat."
For full details see http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3347
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.14 miles
8
Oxclose Lane
East of Edwards Lane, the B6004 becomes Oxclose Lane and a dual carriageway. It is part of a major orbital route round north Nottingham.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.14 miles
9
Sharp bend; Edwards Lane becomes Beckhampton Road
At this point it was intended that the main road should carry straight on. The land was reserved, but in the end the decision was made that it was not needed. The site remained open space and is now a protected Nature Reserve, Sandy Banks.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.14 miles
10
Woodland path on Glade Hill
Basically mature hardwoods. A solitary clump of crocuses adds a point of colour.
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust
Taken: 15 Mar 2009
0.14 miles