IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Hanwood, SHREWSBURY, SY5 8LJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to SY5 8LJ 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 (46 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
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Track and footpath across the railway line
With all appropriate warning signs.
Image: © Jeremy Bolwell
Taken: 17 Jan 2021
0.02 miles
3
Hanwood station (site/remains)
View NE, towards Shrewsbury: ex-GW&LNW Joint Shrewsbury - Buttington (- Welshpool) secondary main line, junction of branch to Minsterley. The station was closed to passengers 12/9/60 (goods 4/5/64), but the line remains open for trains to Aberystwyth etc. via Buttington and Welshpool. The Minsterley branch, which joined about a half mile to the west, was closed to passengers 5/2/51, to goods 1/5/67.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 3 Jul 1998
0.03 miles
4
Hanwood railway station (site), Shropshire
Opened in 1861 by the Shrewsbury & Welshpool Railway on the line between those places, this line was jointly owned by the Great Western and London & North Western Railway. The station closed to passengers in 1960 and completely in 1964.
View north east towards Shrewsbury, from approximately the same position as Image, taken some 23 years earlier. The old station house has disappeared in the meantime and a new row of houses been built.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 10 Dec 2021
0.04 miles
6
OS benchmark - Hanwood Bridge
An OS cutmark on one of the stone slabs forming the bridge parapet, which was last levelled by the OS in 1976 at 76.743m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn. It does however appear on the map of 1902 at 252.5ft Liverpool Datum.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 27 Aug 2023
0.06 miles
7
Hanwood Bridge
The bridge dates from the early 19th century, and is constructed of roughly-coursed limestone & conglomerate blocks, with a limestone ashlar parapet on each side of the road. It was Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1055686 & https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101055686-hanwood-bridge-great-hanwood in 1986.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 27 Aug 2023
0.07 miles
8
Chestnut Close, Hanwood
Houses on one of the quiet streets just south of the main road through the village.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 27 Aug 2023
0.07 miles
10
Former garage and filling station in Hanwood
Now trading as a 2nd-hand car business.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 27 Aug 2023
0.09 miles