IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rising Sun Close, BLACKWOOD, NP12 0JB
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Rising Sun Close, NP12 0JB 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.
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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 (62 Images Found)
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1
Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the wall of the Old Hospital. Now No13 Penrhin. It marks a point 232.297m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 9 Feb 2021
0.07 miles
2
Footpath off Rhiw Syr Dafydd, Oakdale
Woodland path along hillside leading up to Bronwydd.
Image: © M J Roscoe
Taken: 21 Nov 2015
0.07 miles
3
Oakdale Community Hospital
Opened in 1915.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 5 Apr 2008
0.09 miles
4
Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This OS cut mark can be found on the wall SE side of Rhiw Syr Dafyed Hill. It marks a point 199.376m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 9 Feb 2021
0.09 miles
5
Belisha beacons, Syr Dafydd Avenue, Oakdale
New zebra crossing and realigned kerb next to Ysgol Gymraeg Cwm Derwen (boundary wall on right), completed in early April 2015. This is part of a Safe Routes Project, Image
Image: © M J Roscoe
Taken: 8 Apr 2016
0.10 miles
6
Oakdale miners' memorial stone
Alongside the representation of colliery winding wheels http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1733988 beside the B4251 is a stone plaque, with an inscription in Welsh and English. The English text reads
OAKDALE COLLIERIES 1908-1989
OUT OF THE DARKNESS LET THERE BE LIGHT
In memory of those Oakdale Miners who dedicated their lives for the benefit of their Nation.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 1 Mar 2010
0.11 miles
7
Cyclists to the left, pedestrians to the right, Oakdale
The view along the B4251 adjacent to Foxes Lane. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1733958
The pavement is neatly divided into a cyclists' half and a pedestrian half, though I wonder when this route gets busy. During my walk in the area, I saw only one other pedestrian, and no cyclists.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 1 Mar 2010
0.11 miles
8
Oakdale miners' memorial
Located on the east side of the B4251 is the representation of colliery winding wheels. Alongside it is a stone plaque http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1733998 dedicating the memorial to the Oakdale miners.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 1 Mar 2010
0.11 miles
9
Field by footpath on hillside
Field below the former B4251 road, Oakdale. The straggly line of dead plants leads to the gateway to the next field, with houses of Rising Sun Close beyond. Viewed from gate in Image
Image: © M J Roscoe
Taken: 6 Mar 2021
0.11 miles
10
Woodland, bottom of Rhiw Syr Dafydd Hill, Oakdale
Informal path in edge of woodland on a sunny autumn afternoon.
Image: © M J Roscoe
Taken: 1 Nov 2015
0.12 miles