IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Castleview Avenue, PAISLEY, PA2 8EE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Castleview Avenue, PA2 8EE 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
- Clicking on the map will re-center to the selected point.
- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (15 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Foxbar Road
Not far ahead, on the left, is the turning for Amochrie Road. The two high flats in the distance are (l-r) Gleniffer Court and Nethercraigs Court, and they are shown in Image
Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 28 Feb 2011
0.04 miles
3
Stanely water Treatment works
Ben Lomond in the distance. Viewed through the locked gates.
Image: © wfmillar
Taken: 2 Mar 2010
0.17 miles
4
Ancient and modern
The early 15th century Stanely Castle https://canmore.org.uk/site/43150/paisley-stanely-castle, now surrounded by Stanely Reservoir and the late 1950s Oliphant Court. The tower block is the only one remaining of five tower blocks built between 1958 and 1960, designed by John Alexander McGregor, Paisley Burgh Engineer's Department.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 23 Feb 2023
0.17 miles
5
Stanely Water Treatment Works
Above Stanely Reservoir, off Gleniffer Road.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 21 May 2013
0.18 miles
6
Grassy area above the Hollows
This area, bounded on the south by Gleniffer Road, and on the north by housing, lies within the much larger Gleniffer Braes Country Park.
Visible not far ahead, down the slope, are the backs of houses in the Hollows, a part of Foxbar; those houses are on Hollows Avenue.
Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 28 Feb 2011
0.18 miles
7
Stanely Castle
For earlier pictures, see Image / Image / Image; see the first of those links, in particular, for more info.
As the map shows, the castle is not on the shore, but, for reasons that are explained in the end-note, out in the water. It is thought to date from the early fifteenth century, and it originally stood on an island in a marsh; the current setting is similar except in degree.
The New Statistical Account's description of Paisley says that the height is "about forty feet, fully ten feet lower than the most elevated part of Cruikston Castle" (Image).
It goes on to cite Crawford's "History of the Shire of Renfrew" to show that the "castle and barony of Stainly" were "anciently a possession of the Denelstouns of that ilk" (Danzielston/Danȝielstone — see my discussion at Image), later passing into the hands of the Maxwells of Calderwood, and, still later, the Earl of Glasgow. For more about that, see the link mentioned in the first paragraph.
Image: © Lairich Rig
Taken: 31 May 2017
0.20 miles
8
Stanely Reservoir from the air
Category B LIsted http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:39116 Stanely Castle is visible at the right side of the reservoir. Gleniffer High School is also prominent.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 10 Feb 2014
0.20 miles
9
Stanely Reservoir from the air
Gleniffer High School is in the foreground.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 5 Jun 2017
0.20 miles
10
Stanely Reservoir from the air
Stanely Castle can be seen in the water on the right side of the reservoir.
Image: © Thomas Nugent
Taken: 14 May 2018
0.20 miles