IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Museum Street, WARRINGTON, WA1 1HU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Museum Street, WA1 1HU 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 (227 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Distance
1
Warrington Collegiate Institute building
On Museum Street. The original Warrington School of Art opened in 1854 and moved to this new building in 1883.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 14 May 2009
0.01 miles
2
Warrington Library & Museum
The museum and library on the corner of Bold Street/Museum Street. It was founded in 1848 after Warrington's first Town Clerk, John Fitchett Marsh. The foundation stone for the current building was laid on 22 September 1855. Inside the museum you can see rare rocks, fossil footprints, an Egyptian mummy, a Roman actor's mask (the only one of its kind in Britain), botany and fish galleries, glassware and pieces of artwork and paintings. http://www.mywarrington.me.uk/tour_2.htm
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 14 May 2009
0.04 miles
3
Protesters at Labour Rally, Parr Hall, Warrington
Protesters wearing masks bearing the image of former SNP leader Alex Salmond, make themselves heard at a rally held by Ed Miliband at the Parr Hall, Warrington during the General Election of 2015. Miliband was crushed by David Cameron's Conservative Party and resigned.
Image: © Matt Harrop
Taken: 4 Apr 2015
0.05 miles
4
St Austin's Lane/Bold Street
Looking along St Austin's Lane, into Museum Street. It changes name where it crosses Bold Street (at the "STOP" sign). The museum is on the corner (to the right of the car). Part of the huge Unilever detergent manufacturing plant can be seen straight ahead.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 27 Jul 2012
0.05 miles
5
County Court Warrington
Erected in 1897, the former County Court and Inland Revenue building at the junction of Winmarleigh Street and Palmyra Square, Warrington.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 2 Feb 2008
0.05 miles
6
Palmyra Square, Queen's Gardens
Queen's Gardens were formerly private residential gardens in Palmyra Square and were purchased in 1897 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Warrington Borough Council and Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. They opened to the public on 17th October 1898. A wealthy local businessman, Robert Garnett donated the appropriate centrepiece, a Queen Victoria Jubilee cast iron drinking fountain by MacFarlane's of Glasgow (identical to the one on Hoylake promenade).
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 2 Feb 2008
0.05 miles
7
Bold Street, Warrington
On the left is Emmanuel Reformed Church of England church, which dates to 1882.
Image: © Eirian Evans
Taken: 14 May 2009
0.06 miles
8
Warrington - former Technical School
On Hanover Street. For an alternative view, please see Image
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 18 Feb 2013
0.06 miles
9
War Memorial, Queen's Gardens
The statue of Colonel O'Leary in Queens Garden's, a war memorial to the men of the South Lancashire Regiment commemorating their action in the Boer War in 1900 which contributed to the relief of Ladysmith. Interestingly, beside Palmyra Square, other local street names reflect the names of the South Lancashire regiment's battles against the French in Egypt such as Suez and Cairo.
Image: © Sue Adair
Taken: 2 Feb 2008
0.07 miles
10
Queens Gardens, Palmyra Square
A town centre enclave of peace.
Image: © Bill Boaden
Taken: 22 May 2017
0.07 miles