IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Rae Street, STOCKPORT, SK3 9LJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Rae Street, SK3 9LJ 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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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (31 Images Found)
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Distance
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Brinksway Shelter
Next to the modern bus stop on Brinksway near Ye Olde Woolpack Image is an old shelter in front of an electricity sub station. I don't think it is a bus shelter as it is angled away from the direction in which buses from Cheadle will be coming (currently only one an hour, the #312). Perhaps the layout of the roads was different before the building of the motorway nearby.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 6 Apr 2011
0.15 miles
2
Brinksway
The A560 towards Cheadle Heath from Stockport.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 6 Apr 2011
0.15 miles
3
Brinksway Caves above the River Mersey, Stockport
The caves date back to at least 1670, possibly excavated by workers from the local corn mill tunnels or by the river wideners, both of whom had the tools and experience to construct these caves. The caves are also believed to have been constructed by navvies working on the Stockport Viaduct, though it is likely that this was an expansion of pre-existing minor cave network. The caves functioned as a residence for the workers, as they were unable to acquire lodging due to poor pay. Following the construction of the viaduct, the caves began to be used for industrial purposes, with an 1881 query to the Stockport Advertiser noting that they had been used as a manufactory for 30 years. In 1851, the caves were used as a distillery for purifying gas tar to produce naphtha. Shortly before the Second World War in 1938, sections of the caves were excavated to construct air raid shelters, the first of which opened on 28 October 1939. As the threat of bombing has subsided by 1943, the shelters were no longer open every night. (source Wikipedia)
Image: © Colin Park
Taken: 22 Jan 2022
0.16 miles
5
River Mersey
Downstream from Kings Reach. Note the flood level gauge on the left.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 6 Apr 2011
0.17 miles
6
Sign of Ye Olde Woolpack
Sign for Ye Olde Woolpack Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 6 Apr 2011
0.18 miles
8
Merseybank Pathway
Pathway on the North side of the River Mersey at Kings Reach.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 6 Apr 2011
0.18 miles
9
River Mersey, Stockport
Looking downstream from close to King's Valley, Stockport, not far from where the Rivers Tame and Goyt joined to form the Mersey near Stockport town centre Image SJ88499005.
Image: © Keith Williamson
Taken: 21 Sep 2005
0.18 miles
10
Trans Pennine Trail signage
Apparently all four paths are on the Trail.
Image: © Graham Hogg
Taken: 3 Sep 2020
0.19 miles