IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Euxton Lane, CHORLEY, PR7 6FA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Euxton Lane, PR7 6FA 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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Image Listing (15 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
Traffic lights at the entrance to Runshaw College
The turning into the college is on the left.
Image: © Ann Cook
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.14 miles
3
An entrance into Runshaw College
The college is on the site of an old R. O. F. factory.
Image: © Ann Cook
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.15 miles
4
Euxton Lane
On the left is a cycle track and beyond that, a footpath. These date from the time when this was the main road to the R. O. F. factory. The wall of the old factory is on the right.
Image: © Ann Cook
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.16 miles
5
Euxton Lane, passing Runshaw College
The building on the right was once the administration block for the R. O. F. factory. It is now part of the Runshaw College complex.
Image: © Ann Cook
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.16 miles
6
Heading for the Mountains
A pair of L.M.S. Black 5 Class locomotives, Numbers 44871 and 45407 approach Buckshaw Parkway Station. Despite the "Midlander" headboard it was a "Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express" pictured in suitably wintery conditions. The train began in Manchester and was heading for carlisle.
Image: © K A
Taken: 26 Jan 2013
0.20 miles
7
Approaching a roundabout on Euxton Lane
This roundabout is where Euxton Lane meets the B5252.
Image: © Ann Cook
Taken: 11 Aug 2010
0.21 miles
8
TransPennine Express Train at Buckshaw Parkway
First TransPennine Express DMU, 185 150, at Buckshaw Parkway Station which opened on 3 October 2011 on the Manchester to Preston Line, near Euxton Junction with the West Coast Main Line. It is in Buckshaw Village, on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 11 Jun 2014
0.21 miles
9
Sprinter DMU at Buckshaw Parkway
First TransPennine Express Class 150 Sprinter DMU, 185 150, at Buckshaw Parkway Station which opened on 3 October 2011 on the Manchester to Preston Line, near Euxton Junction with the West Coast Main Line. It is in Buckshaw Village, on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 11 Jun 2014
0.21 miles
10
Buckshaw Parkway railway station, Lancashire
Opened in 1938 by the London Midland & Scottish Railway on the line from Bolton to Preston, as a halt for the neighbouring Royal Ordnance Factory, this station closed in 1965. Following closure of the R.O.F, the station was rebuilt and reopened in 2011 as Buckshaw Parkway.
View south east towards Chorley and Bolton, shortly after the line was electrified. For an 'as-built' view, see Image
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 14 Nov 2018
0.22 miles