IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Racecourse Road, WILMSLOW, SK9 5LF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Racecourse Road, SK9 5LF 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 (32 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
At Lindow Common (1)
Entrance notice: Racecourse Road (so called because Travellers used to camp and run their horses on the Common land here in the 19th century).
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 17 Feb 2023
0.07 miles
2
Lindow Common carpark, Racecourse Road, Wilmslow
Popular dog-walking and kiddie-walking area not only for the immediate neighbours but from as far afield as a mile or more away - hence the need for a carpark.
Image: © Peter Turner
Taken: 5 Mar 2012
0.07 miles
3
At Lindow Common (3)
Common Reed, a kind of grass, on the edge of Black Lake.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 17 Feb 2023
0.09 miles
4
At Lindow Common (5)
On the Moss: land which sits over a layer of impermeable clay where water lies near the surface and rotting vegetation forms a layer of mud and peat over the centuries. In medieval times, Lindow Moss was a remote region extending over an area perhaps ten times that of the present.
In 1984, operators of peat machinery uncovered a human foot in the mud and reported the find to the police. It transpired that this was not evidence of contemporary foul play but part of a highly preserved human corpse which had lain buried in the mud since the beginning of the Christian era. The body was in such good condition that experts could identify probable age and cause of death (likely to have been Druidic ritual execution by axe or garrotte). 'Lindow Man' acquired the popular name of 'Pete Marsh'.
For a detailed account, please refer to WIKIPEDIA.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 17 Feb 2023
0.09 miles
5
At Lindow Common (2)
Information Board
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 17 Feb 2023
0.10 miles
6
Black Lake, Lindow Common, Wilmslow
View from the southern end with un-photogenic mesh fencing providing an effective 'Health and Safety' barrier to full enjoyment of the stretch of water hopefully hidden from view.
Image: © Peter Turner
Taken: 5 Mar 2012
0.10 miles
7
The southern end of Black Lake on Lindow Common
Black Lake got its name from its dark peat-stained water. The early, celtic, name for the lake was Llyn Dhu, from which Lindow is derived.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 13 Apr 2014
0.10 miles
8
Black Lake, Lindow Common nature reserve, Wilmslow
Image: © Benjamin Shaw
Taken: 28 Nov 2020
0.10 miles
