IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Tower Hill Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST7 3PT
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Tower Hill Road, ST7 3PT 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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Image Listing (11 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Crossroads at Tower Hill
The cyclist is descending Tower Hill Lane, at its crossroads with Biddulph Road. Tower Hill Farm in the background.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
0.02 miles
2
Crossroads near Brown Lees
Mow Cop Castle can be seen in the distance, centre left on the hill.
Image: © Mick Malpass
Taken: 25 Jun 2012
0.03 miles
3
Construction site at Tower Hill Farm
A planning notice on the gate gives the intended use as "relocation of domestic curtilage". The mound beyond is the site of a former colliery, and the end of the former engine house Image can be glimpsed to the right.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
0.08 miles
4
Former engine house, Tower Hill Colliery
This was the engine house for a coal mine; the winding house was behind it. The buildings are listed grade II (list entry 1189878) and were derelict when last photographed for this site in 2008 Image, but have now been restored.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
0.10 miles
5
Former engine house and winding house, Tower Hill Colliery
This was the engine house (left) and winding house (right) for a coal mine; the shaft was the other side. The buildings are listed grade II (list entry 1189878) and were derelict when last photographed for this site in 2008 Image, but have now been restored.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
0.10 miles
6
Tower Hill Colliery building
The colliery operated from the 1830's to closure in 1887. See; http://www.mowcop.info/htm/coal.htm
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 27 Oct 2008
0.11 miles
7
Sheep pasture on Tower Hill
View south-east from Tower Hill in a shaft of late-afternoon autumn sunshine.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 27 Oct 2008
0.15 miles
8
Lane to Harriseahead
Looking south-west from Tower Hill.
Image: © Jonathan Billinger
Taken: 27 Oct 2008
0.15 miles
9
Tower Hill Farm
The horse is standing on the line of the former Mow Cop Tramway, an unusual mineral railway that took coal from two collieries on the east (Biddulph) side of Mow Cop, up the hill and through a 380 yard long tramway tunnel, constructed in 1832, then down an inclined plane to a wharf on the Macclesfield Canal the other side.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
0.15 miles
10
Embankment of the former Mow Cop tramway
The Mow Cop Tramway was an unusual mineral railway that took coal from two collieries on the east (Biddulph) side of Mow Cop, up the hill and through a 380 yard long tramway tunnel, constructed in 1832, then down an inclined plane to a wharf on the Macclesfield Canal the other side. This short length of embankment near Tower Hill Farm is one of the few remnants on the east side of the hill. See Image for the remaining length on the other side.
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 24 Feb 2019
0.19 miles