IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Okell Street, RUNCORN, WA7 5AS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Okell Street, WA7 5AS by members of the Geograph project.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (226 Images Found)
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Former Drill Hall - Greenway Road
Built in 1869 for the 7th Corps Cheshire Rifle Volunteers. From 1880 base for F and G Company 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Volunteer Battalion Cheshire Regiment and from 1908 base for G Company 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment with Territorial Force motto 'Defence not Defiance' as shown above door.
Large hall to rear.
Image: © John M
Taken: 9 Nov 2014
0.05 miles
2
Cheshire Rifle Volunteers Emblem
On the gable of the drill hall in Greenway Road.
Built in 1869 for the 7th Corps Cheshire Rifle Volunteers. From 1880 base for F and G Company 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Volunteer Battalion Cheshire Regiment and from 1908 base for G Company 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment with Territorial Force motto 'Defence not Defiance' as shown above door.
Large hall to rear.
Image: © John M
Taken: 9 Nov 2014
0.05 miles
3
Defence not Defiance
Motto of the post 1908 Territorial Forces on the former drill hall in Greenway Road. This inscription was made above the doorway of the 1869 building after the new force was formed.
The drill hall was base for G Company 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.
Image: © John M
Taken: 9 Nov 2014
0.06 miles
4
Rear of former Drill Hall - Greenway Road
Built in 1869 for the 7th Corps Cheshire Rifle Volunteers. From 1880 base for F and G Company 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Volunteer Battalion Cheshire Regiment and from 1908 base for G Company 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment with Territorial Force motto 'Defence not Defiance' as shown above door.
Large hall to rear.
Image: © John M
Taken: 9 Nov 2014
0.07 miles
7
A bridge on the Bridgewater Canal at Runcorn
This bridge carries traffic to the centre of the old town
Image: © Ian Greig
Taken: 10 Nov 2012
0.12 miles
8
Hotel Campanile, Runcorn
Set back from the corner of Lowlands Road and Shaw Street. The hotel restaurant is on the right.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 4 Feb 2017
0.12 miles
9
Covid-19 testing site, Runcorn
Between the Bridgewater canal and the High Street.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 30 May 2021
0.12 miles
10
Doctor's Bridge, Greenway Road, Runcorn
Doctor's Bridge carries Greenway Road over the Bridgewater Canal. Prior to 1899 the O.S. refers to this bridge as Runcorn Bridge. In the background the old Scala picture house building seems to have a problem with its roof.
Image: © John S Turner
Taken: 16 Dec 2010
0.12 miles