IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Sewell Road, LONDON, SE2 9XP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Sewell Road, SE2 9XP 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 (35 Images Found)
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1
Sewell Road - new housing
This three-storey block of housing with car parking outside looks newer than most of the housing in the area. It is opposite an access point to the Ridgeway.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 19 Apr 2015
0.02 miles
2
Sewell Road transformer station
Sewell Road is the main National Grid transformer station for the Plumstead / Thamesmead area.
A 2006 document http://legacy.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/srdf/docs/east-srdf-annexes.rtf reported that by 2016 it would need to be upgraded from 4x15 MVA to 3x60 MVA transformers, the incoming supply being increased from 33kV to 132kV, to meet the increased demand from housing developments in the area. In this photo there are clearly four, not three transformers so it is not clear whether this upgrade has taken place yet.
To the right is part of the Thames Water Pumping Station. I have not been able to discover anything online about this facility, although I guess that it pumps sewage from the local area (Abbey Wood) into the Southern Outfall Sewer (the photo being taken from the Ridgeway path on top of said sewer).
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 19 Apr 2015
0.05 miles
3
The yellow fleet of Greenwich
Parked out behind the Birchmere Centre Image are a large number of yellow council vehicles belonging to Royal Greenwich council - possibly the biggest fleet of yellow vehicles since the Vogon invasion? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogon
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 19 Apr 2015
0.06 miles
4
Cannon at Birchmere Lake
These cannon must have been moved from their original location to the side of this artificial lake at Thamesmead. See also Image
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 9 Jun 2012
0.14 miles
5
The southern side of Birchmere
The southern bank of Birchmere is rather wilder than the other banks. The view is taken from the surrounding path which follows a route amongst the trees.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 8 Mar 2011
0.14 miles
6
The fair comes to Thamesmead
Bank holiday weekend, and a small funfair comes to the park south of Birchmere (this park is unnamed on any map that I have seen).
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 25 Aug 2008
0.14 miles
7
Sewell Road - width restriction
This road narrowing, with one direction clearly having priority over the other, is becoming quite common (at least in London) as a form of traffic calming.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 19 Apr 2015
0.15 miles
10
View along the eastern side of Birchmere
A bank of reeds and a willow help enhance the otherwise rather bare bank. The outflow of the lake is out of the picture to the right.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 8 Mar 2011
0.16 miles