IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Victoria Quay, Victoria Avenue, SHREWSBURY, SY1 1HH
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Victoria Quay, Victoria Avenue, SY1 1HH 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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Image Listing (1054 Images Found)
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'The Armoury' restaurant & bar
A Grade II listed building http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101254936-bakery-shrewsbury#.WQNmAdQrLGg with a long & varied history. Originally built as a barracks on a site between London Road and Wenlock Road in Image in 1806, it was moved to the current location and rebuilt as a bakery in the early 20th century (1920s). The listed status was awarded as late as 1994, and the original site is still recognised by a road named Armoury Gardens.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 8 Apr 2017
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Victoria Quay, Victoria Avenue, Shrewsbury
Looking east along the south bank of the River Severn.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Oct 2013
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Former Armoury, Victoria Quay, Shrewsbury
Built in 1806 as barracks to the designs of James Wyatt no less. Wyatt's imposing building stood in London Road; it was dismantled and re-assembled in its present location in 1919 when it operated as Morris & Co.'s bakery. Grade II listed.
Now back to The Armoury in its current incarnation as a pub.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 12 May 2014
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Welsh Bridge, Shrewsbury
1795 bridge over the River Severn.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: Unknown
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The Armoury, Shrewsbury
Pub & restaurant in Victoria House, Victoria Quay, Victoria Avenue, on the south bank of the River Severn. Years on the glass over the doorway include 1807, when the building was erected as an armoury in the Armoury Gardens, and 1920, when the building was taken down and re-erected here.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Oct 2013
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Sabrina at her pier, seen from the Welsh Bridge
Sabrina is a tourist boat based on the River Severn in Shrewsbury http://www.sabrinaboat.co.uk/
Sabrina is an apt name as it was the Roman name for the river.
Image: © Penny Mayes
Taken: 5 Sep 2013
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Victoria Avenue
Victoria Avenue runs west along the river side from the Welsh Bridge. On the right is the boarding point for the tourist boat Sabrina http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3724428.
Image: © Penny Mayes
Taken: 5 Sep 2013
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"Commit no nuisance"
Inscription on Welsh Bridge (SW end). It is the traditional euphemistic injunction against urination - although whether on the bridge or in the river is not clear.
The words derive from C12th legal parlance, when such an act was a crime (it is a fineable offence today).
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
Taken: 3 Feb 2010
0.02 miles
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Romolo, Shrewsbury
Restaurant and lounge bar on the south bank of the River Severn at Victoria Quay, Victoria Avenue.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 15 Oct 2013
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