IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Islands Brow, ST. HELENS, WA11 9LA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Islands Brow, WA11 9LA 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 (14 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Islands Brow bridge over the disused Sankey Canal
View showing the derelict bridge keepers cottage and signposts for Ravenhead Greenway
Image: © Raymond Knapman
Taken: 12 Aug 2010
0.03 miles
2
Derelict business premises on Merton Bank Road, St Helens
Image: © Gary Rogers
Taken: 29 Apr 2017
0.03 miles
4
Gerards Bridge Branch of the Sankey Canal
Part of the original line of the 1757 Sankey Brook Navigation, fed by the Rainford Brook. The derelict cottage on the right is the last of the cottages built for keepers at the locks and swing bridges along the canal. The wooden swing bridge which stood here was replaced with a fixed stone bridge in about 1934, following Abandonment of the canal here in 1931. The mound on the right is the "Burgey Banks" - waste sand used for polishing glass in the nearby Pilkington Glass Works.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 8 Feb 2007
0.10 miles
6
Modern Canal Milestone, Sankey Canal
On the towpath at the junction of the Merton Bank arm.
Milestone Society National ID: SAN-11R
Image: © Barrie Pennington
Taken: 3 May 2011
0.14 miles
7
Industrial units, St Helens Canal
A mixture of industrial sheds and relatively modern housing line the banks of the disused canal. The 'linear park' along the canal is called the Ravenhead Greenway. In the background can be seen the slopes of the Burgie Banks, huge spoil heaps of waste from the glass industry.
Image: © Chris Denny
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
0.16 miles
9
Merton Bank Road
Looking towards Islands Brow. Merton Bank Road is heavily industrialised for much of its length. The woodland in the background has grown up on the Burgie Banks, old spoil heaps left over from the glass industry.
Image: © Chris Denny
Taken: 23 Apr 2010
0.19 miles
10
The New Double Locks on the Sankey Canal
The Sankey was extended to Ravenhead, through what is now the centre of St. Helens, in 1775. A second set of double locks was constructed to raise the canal to the higher level from that of the Gerards Bridge Branch. As may be seen from the other view of the locks, silt from the Rainford Brook has gathered in the pool below the locks.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 8 Feb 2007
0.19 miles