IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Athlone Close, MAIDENHEAD, SL6 7SP
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Athlone Close, SL6 7SP 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 (33 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Queensway, Maidenhead
Some of the post-war housing of which the majority of the Furze Platt area consists.
Image: © Andrew Smith
Taken: 15 Jun 2008
0.08 miles
5
Level Crossing warning signs, Harrow Lane, Furze Platt
Image: © SK53
Taken: 16 Apr 2014
0.12 miles
6
Level Crossing signage, Harrow Lane Furze Platt
The Marlow-Maidenhead branch line (the 'Marlow Donkey') usually has only 1 train an hour in each direction, and therefore the existing level crossings ought to be relatively untroubled. However this one at Furze Platt seems to have many problem incidents recently. An industrial estate (Cordwallis Estate) lies just to the South and modern satnavs may be routing large vehicles along Harrow Lane as a short-cut.
Image: © SK53
Taken: 16 Apr 2014
0.12 miles
7
Furze Platt railway station
Opened in 1937 by the Great Western Railway on what is now the branch line from Maidenhead to Marlow. View north towards Cookham and Marlow.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 7 Feb 2013
0.13 miles
9
Furze Platt station - formerly Furze Platt Halt
Weeds grow between the sleepers, and a cat takes a stroll along a rail-top.
During the course of the 1960's British Railways closed hundreds of stations (and many branch lines) deemed to be unprofitable. How on earth - you have to wonder - did a station with a name like Furze Platt Halt ever escape Dr Beeching's axe?
The line was first opened in 1854, and was always single-track. It leaves the GWR main line at Maidenhead and originally ran as far as High Wycombe, via Cookham and Bourne End. The stop at Furze Platt was not added until 1937, to cater for the suburban expansion of Maidenhead. The northernmost stretch of the line, serving High Wycombe, was closed in 1970 - so that the line now runs as far as Bourne End, with a spur to Marlow.
There has only ever been one platform at Furze Platt, so I was amused by an announcement which began: 'The train approaching Platform One . . .'
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 1 Jun 2014
0.13 miles
