IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Hogg Lane, GRAYS, RM17 5QL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Hogg Lane, RM17 5QL by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (23 Images Found)
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Hog Lane
Hog Lane is a "spine" of chalk between two disused chalk pits which ceased operations in the 1920's. It links the Image roundabout and central Grays. On 29th May 2015 an HGV learner driver and his instructor had a nasty surprise when the back wheel of the truck caused a tunnel below the road to collapse. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32930839 for the full story. See also Image The Western pit is now partly the Badgers Dene housing estate with its northern end being a nature reserve Image The eastern pit now houses the Titan Works industrial area. In former times narrow gauge railways passed under the road in several places, it is thought that one of these is the cause of the massive traffic disruption in Grays
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 3 Jun 2015
0.12 miles
2
Hog Lane Sinkhole
On 29th May 2015 an HGV learner driver and his instructor had a nasty surprise when the back wheel of the truck caused a tunnel below Image to collapse. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-32930839 for the full story. Hog Lane is a "spine" of chalk between two disused chalk pits which ceased operations in the 1920's. The Western pit is now partly the Badgers Dene housing estate with its northern end being a nature reserve Image The eastern pit now houses the Titan Works industrial area. In former times narrow gauge railways passed under the road in several places, it is thought that one of these is the cause of the massive traffic disruption in Grays
Image: © Glyn Baker
Taken: 3 Jun 2015
0.12 miles
3
Mecca Bingo hall, Grays
Formerly the Ritz cinema, it was built in the Moderne style to the designs of architect E.Hamilton Parke in 1939, and opened in 1940. Closed in 1976. One of two Grade II (http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1384993) or above listed former cinemas in Grays. Bingo operations have served to save redundant cinema buildings, in the same way that public house chains have given new life to post office buildings.
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 9 Jul 2013
0.14 miles
4
Grays bus garage, 1989
The garage is now demolished and the area a car park. The red RT bus was not allocated here, but just paying a visit on the way back to Canvey Island from a rally in London. There was a time in the past, in London Transport days, when all of the Grays buses were RTs, but green.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 6 Aug 1989
0.14 miles
5
Mecca Bingo Club, Grays
Grade II listed former Ritz Cinema on Quarry Hill.
See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-485452-mecca-bingo-club- for more details about the building.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 25 Nov 2012
0.17 miles
6
Tree outside Gray's Police Station
Image: © Oast House Archive
Taken: 1 Nov 2012
0.18 miles
7
Old route of the London Road, Grays
The A126 London Road from West Thurrock used to head straight across towards central Grays.
It now passes around the outside of the Morrison's Carpark.
Image: © David Anstiss
Taken: 25 Nov 2012
0.19 miles
9
Grays Magistrates' Court
In front is the war memorial.
Image: © Ron Galliers
Taken: 18 Mar 2009
0.21 miles
10
The Old Courthouse, Grays
Dated 1929.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 19 Jun 2011
0.22 miles