IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Marina Road, STOCKPORT, SK6 2PS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Marina Road, SK6 2PS 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 (156 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Lower Bents Lane
The A6017 to Romiley from its junction with the A560.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 15 Oct 2008
0.06 miles
2
Lower Bents Lane
The A6017 viewed from the top deck of a bus.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 15 Jun 2010
0.07 miles
3
The Rat Pit is now Harpers
Bents Lane Social Club was named after the former wooden building built on stilts, which it replaced. It had been known locally as "The Rat Pit".
A plaque on the wall unveiled in 2007 Image commemorates William Watson who was born in a house that previously stood on the site. He was a stoker on the ill-fated Titanic and was buried at sea on the 24th April 1912, aged 27 years.
It closed in 2018 Image and is now Harpers. It opened in 2020 as a dance studio. However classes had to be suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic lockdown. For the time being therefore it is operating its coffee shop as a takeaway.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 19 Mar 2021
0.07 miles
4
The end of the Rat Pit
Bents Lane Social Club was named after the former wooden building built on stilts, which it replaced. It had been known locally as "The Rat Pit".
A plaque on the wall unveiled in 2007 Image commemorates William Watson who was born in a house that previously stood on the site. He was a stoker on the ill-fated Titanic and was buried at sea on the 24th April 1912, aged 27 years.
It is now closed and the building for sale.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 20 Oct 2018
0.07 miles
5
Bredbury Esso
Esso garage on Lower Bents Lane.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 24 Dec 2011
0.07 miles
7
Rat Pit
Bents Lane Social Club was named after the former wooden building built on stilts, which it replaced. It had been known locally as "The Rat Pit", and now boasts that name on its frontage. The building is the local polling station for elections. Can the locals be the only ones in the United Kingdom to vote at an officially designated rat pit? . A plaque Image on the wall unveiled in 2007 commemorates William Watson who was born in house that previously stood on the site.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Aug 2010
0.09 miles
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William Watson
Blue plaque erected by Stockport Heritage Trust in 2007 http://stockporttrust.blogspot.com/2007/09/plaque-unveiling-at-rat-pit-was-great.html at the Rat Pit Image on Lower Bents Lane.
William Watson who grew up in a house on this site was a stoker on the Titanic and the only person from Stockport to perish on the ship.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 18 Aug 2010
0.09 miles
9
Dream Dress
Designer Bridal Boutique on the corner of Lower Bents Road and Stockport Road West.
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 19 Mar 2021
0.09 miles
10
Stockport Rd. West
Signage at the corner of Lower Bents Road Image
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: 19 Mar 2021
0.09 miles