IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Beachley, SHREWSBURY, SY1 4SJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Beachley, SY1 4SJ 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 (36 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
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Public footpath along the riverside
On the NW bank of the Severn near to the Heathgates area.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 5 Apr 2015
0.11 miles
4
Riverside path beside the River Severn on the outskirts of Shrewsbury
A lovely spot. Cormorants fish here year round.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 7 Mar 2021
0.12 miles
6
Cast iron water pump at Ditherington
Installed as part of the Shrewsbury public water supply works around 1870 (although it's believed not to be in its original location) this cast iron pump head was Grade II listed https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101254857-water-pump-at-junction-of-sundorne-road-and-whitchurch-road-shrewsbury#.WzACttQrLGg in 1972.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 31 May 2018
0.14 miles
7
Mud bank on the Severn
The sloping mud//sand banks here are typical of the middle Severn's floodplain, especially where there's some trampling by cattle or sheep. Sand martins often make their nests in burrows on the steep banks.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 5 Apr 2015
0.14 miles
8
Information board at Ditherington on the old Shrewsbury Canal
Wow, what a great info board. Turns out that a canal ran almost into the heart of Shrewsbury; namely the Shrewsbury Canal, which joined the Newport Canal and was linked with the wider canal network from there. This is one conspicuous section, still extant today.
The Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust (SNCT) are working to restore it all. Wow, a massive undertaking.
They plan to start here at Sundorne and Ditherington, and restore the stretch running into town, which originally had its terminus at the Buttermarket in Shrewsbury. Then they hope to restore eastwards to Newport, Shropshire and reunite the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals, which in turn linked with the famous Shroppie, the Shropshire Union Canal.
Built in 1797 the Shrewsbury Canal linked Shrewsbury with the Shroppie and the wider national canal network and served coal mines and ironworks at Oakengates, Ketley, Donnington Woods and Trench.
It is 17 miles long, incorporated 11 locks and one inclined plane. It used horse-drawn barges and trains of boats.
It passes the Dithergton Flaxmill (the world's first iron-framed building) and used the Longdon-on-Tern aqueduct, which was Thomas Telford's very first aqueduct.
Hmm, interesting. Thank you compilers of this board. Great photos too.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 6 Sep 2020
0.15 miles
9
The Heathgates
A landmark pub beside the Ditherington roundabout. Looks like the flag is in support of Shrewsbury Town FC, rather than the 2010 England World Cup bid.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 17 May 2010
0.15 miles
10
Course of Shrewsbury Canal
The Shrewsbury Canal was built to link Shrewsbury to the coalfields and developing industries around Oakengates. Later the Newport Canal provided a connection to the Shropshire Union at Norbury Junction.
Image: © John M
Taken: 19 Sep 2009
0.17 miles