IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Silwood Close, ASCOT, SL5 7DX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Silwood Close, SL5 7DX 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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Image Listing (23 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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Ascot : Old Golden Gates Lodge
At the former entrance to Ascot race-course. Grade II listed lodge - https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1119816?section=official-list-entry
Image: © Jim Osley
Taken: 25 May 2023
0.07 miles
3
Old Gates to Ascot Race Course
These gates are at the eastern end of the course on a track known as the Old Mile which is now no longer used.
The gates don't appear to have been opened for some time, but are still in reasonable condition.
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 13 Mar 2017
0.08 miles
4
The Golden Gates and lodge
The very grand entrance to the old mile course of Ascot Racecourse.
Image: © don cload
Taken: 3 Aug 2009
0.08 miles
5
Met Tower Silwood Park
This meteorological tower was built with a grant from the Royal Society to study the use of radar in tracking rain storms. It is now used as a mobile phone mast by all the major telecoms companies.
Image: © Mick Crawley
Taken: 8 Jul 2004
0.15 miles
6
Nursery Field and Rush Meadow Silwood Park
Nursery Field is in the foreground and Rush Meadow in the background (pre-invasion by willows). Picture taken from the top of the Met Tower.
Image: © Mick Crawley
Taken: 15 Jul 1984
0.16 miles
7
Cascade Marsh
Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) naturalized in Cascade Marsh, Silwood Lake
Image: © Mick Crawley
Taken: 18 Apr 2004
0.17 miles
8
Cascade Marsh Silwood Park
This fine swampland, flanking the Red Brook (named for the rusty colour of the water caused by the profusion of iron bacteria) is seriously invaded by Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) here in leaf in mid-season (the spectacular yellow flowers are over by the end of April)
Image: © Mick Crawley
Taken: 23 May 2008
0.17 miles
9
Meteorology Laboratory at Silwood Park
The yellow flower in the foreground is the uncommon alien Senecio inaequidens
Image: © Mick Crawley
Taken: 21 Sep 2013
0.17 miles
10
Rush Meadow Silwood Park
The start of the project to restore the water meadow to its former glory involved removal of the willows (Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia) that had been allowed to colonise and shade-out the grassland plants
Image: © Mick Crawley
Taken: 3 Dec 2013
0.18 miles