IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Floyd Close, ROCHDALE, OL12 9RJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Floyd Close, OL12 9RJ 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 (12 Images Found)
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Distance
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Birch Hill Hospital (ex Maternity Home)
Much of Birch Hill Hospital has been demolished and the site cleared to make way for speculative house building.
The former maternity building ("MATERNITY HOME 1934") remains a part of the NHS estate but now put to another use.
Image: © Peter Thwaite
Taken: 17 May 2010
0.03 miles
2
Wardle High School and Academy, Nov 2013
Birch Road, Wardle.
The new buildings for the Wardle Academy lie behind the Wardle High School that it will replace.
Image: © Peter Thwaite
Taken: 1 Nov 2013
0.15 miles
3
Victorian Reservoir
To the west of the old Starring Sanitary Pipe Works site, but whether it was for the works or one of the many for the nearby Birch Hill workhouse is unclear. It first appears on the 1894 OS map
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse
Taken: 25 Apr 2020
0.15 miles
4
Birch Hill Clock Tower
This is what's left of Birch Hill Hospital. Most of the services have been moved to the Rochdale Infirmary. The services still at Birch Hill include E.N.T. and the eye department.
Image: © Jeff Mills
Taken: 9 Oct 2004
0.17 miles
5
Wardle Academy
May 2013. Buildings for the new Wardle Academy to replace the adjacent Wardle High School, Birch Road, Wardle.
Image: © Peter Thwaite
Taken: 6 May 2013
0.18 miles
6
Birch Hill Clock Tower Block Conversion
The former workhouse and hospital has had housing built in its grounds and at least the Clock Tower block converted to apartments. This view in Union Road shows some of the old workhouse walling and gatepost as well as new houses.
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse
Taken: 12 Jul 2016
0.19 miles
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Birch Hill Clock Tower
The former workhouse and latterly hospital undergoing conversion to housing
Image: © Kevin Waterhouse
Taken: 12 Jul 2016
0.19 miles
