IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Tunstead, BUXTON, SK17 8TG
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to SK17 8TG 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 (16 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
3
Railway bridge at entrance to Tarmac's Tunstead quarries
Image: © Dr Duncan Pepper
Taken: 30 Mar 2010
0.03 miles
4
Signal Box, Great Rocks Junction
This is at Tarmac's Tunstead Quarry, where 800,000 tonnes of cement are produced annually.
Image: © Peter Barr
Taken: 2 Jun 2010
0.04 miles
5
Buxton Bridge
Freight train near Peak Dale.
Image: © Wayland Smith
Taken: 8 May 2009
0.07 miles
6
Great Rocks Junction
And Tunstead Quarry works.
Image: © Chris Morgan
Taken: 25 Aug 2023
0.07 miles
7
Charter returning from Buxton
Locomotive 1015 passes Great Rocks Junction on the freight only line with a return charter to Bristol from Buxton on a very dull afternoon.
Image: © roger geach
Taken: 20 Mar 2010
0.07 miles
8
Departing the quarry at Tunstead
A trainload of limestone departs the quarry at Tunstead for Northwich. The signal box can be seen in the front right foreground and is known as Great Rocks.
Image: © roger geach
Taken: 1 Jul 1986
0.08 miles
9
Tunstead Quarries
The entrance to the quarry site at Buxton Bridge.
Image: © Roger May
Taken: 29 Aug 2005
0.14 miles
10
Railway lines at Tunstead Quarry
Nothing moving at the time, but a lot of cement is taken away from here, 800,000 tonnes a year. Tarmac trying to be green by using solar panels. The quarry looks like a small city when lit up at night.
Image: © Peter Barr
Taken: 2 Jun 2010
0.18 miles