IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Birchlea, ALTRINCHAM, WA15 8WF
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Birchlea, WA15 8WF 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
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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 (21 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
At the edge of the Pool
Altrincham: the footpath circumnavigates the lake.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.08 miles
3
Feeding the geese
George V Pool, Altrincham
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.10 miles
4
Change of use
Most of the residents of Copper Moss will not know that their property lies on the site of the 1837 Altrincham Gas Works, which remained in use well after WWII. Coal wagons, from a storage depot at Altrincham Station, used to run along adjacent Moss Lane, on a branch line, to supply the plant with fuel.
When the Works was finally demolished, heavy trucks spent months removing contaminated top soil before new construction could begin.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.14 miles
5
Blessed Thomas Holford school
Urban Road, Altrincham
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.17 miles
6
Radio Mast
Golf Road - adjacent to Altrincham Football Ground
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.18 miles
7
Communications tower
The communications tower is situated at the end of Golf Road, close to Altrincham Football Ground (on the right).
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 19 Jun 2015
0.18 miles
8
Affordable Housing
These were the first, post-war 'Prefabs' to be built in Altrincham, to relieve the acute housing shortage created by German bombing - aimed at the nearby armaments factories in Broadheath.
When first erected, in the 1940s, they consisted of naked concrete panels slotted together on site. More recently, they received brick cladding, which improved both the aesthetics and the insulation.
They were on the corner of the street leading to the then Altrincham Gas Works, and rail tracks - set into the roadway of Moss Lane - periodically carried coal wagons from Altrincham to the Works, past their front doors.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.18 miles
9
Parkfield House, Moss Lane
For many years, these were the premises of Henry Bannerman & Sons, 1805, who were one of the leading cotton spinners and textile manufacturers in the North West. Their factory here produced 'Banner' shirts and their textile warehouse was at York Street, Manchester.
Image: © Anthony O'Neil
Taken: 25 Feb 2024
0.18 miles
10
Moss Lane, Hale
Just to the west of Altrincham Football Club's ground.
Image: © Richard Sutcliffe
Taken: 10 Oct 2016
0.20 miles