IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Swift Road, OLDHAM, OL1 4QT
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Swift Road, OL1 4QT by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Listing (14 Images Found)
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Top Sholver Estate
Built in 1966 ,on what had been farm pastureland, the County Borough of Oldham made a start on its huge Sholver housing estates. On elevated wind swept land, some 1,000 ft. high above sea level and open to all the elements, the local authority began its scheme to provide nearly 1,700 housing units.
Today only about half that amount remain due to redevelopment at Bottom Sholver lower down the hillside.
On the horizon behind the telegraph pole is Image
For the complete history of Sholver and surrounding area click on http://www.stthomasmoorside.org.uk/History/Local_History.htm
Image: © Paul Anderson
Taken: 26 Jan 2007
0.13 miles
3
Swift Road, Sholver
A view down Swift Road in the Sholver area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. In the mid-20th century, Sholver (a pleasant and ancient hillside) was converted in to one of Oldham's largest social housing estates. It's isolation and low-specification flats and town houses cemented it as one of Oldham's least desirable suburbs.
Image: © Steven Haslington
Taken: 17 Aug 2014
0.16 miles
4
The Neighbour's Chef
From the name on the bus stop, I guess this used to be The Wagon and Horses
Image: © John Slater
Taken: 29 Sep 2014
0.17 miles
5
The Neighbour's Chef
Currently closed and for sale.
Used to be the Waggon and Horses - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/736758
On Ripponden Road (A672).
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 14 Mar 2015
0.17 miles
6
Ripponden Road
House being built alongside Ripponden Road.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 2 Jul 2017
0.17 miles
7
Ruchi Asian restaurant and takeaway
No more waggons, no more horses. This old pub now caters for a different taste.
The old pub is here for posterity http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/736758
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 22 Feb 2010
0.17 miles
8
Waggon and Horses Ripponden Road
"We'll have two bowls of your finest, landlord, please".
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 24 Mar 2008
0.19 miles
9
Besom Hill Reservoir
This reservoir appears to be no longer in use. Its surface area is now much smaller than that shown on OS mapping, the steep sides of the reservoir are now well vegetated. It is situated on a waterworks track/footpath that contours the hillside between Sholver and Grains Road above Shaw.
Image: © michael ely
Taken: 25 Aug 2006
0.20 miles
10
A672, Ripponden Road
Ripponden Road, approaching the bend where it passes round Besom Hill.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 28 Jan 2011
0.20 miles