IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Scammell Way, WATFORD, WD18 6GE
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Scammell Way, WD18 6GE 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 (36 Images Found)
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Watford: Tolpits Lane
This housing was built in the 1990s on the site of the former Scammell lorry factory on Tolpits Lane. The road through the estate is Scammell Way which runs between the two white faced buildings. The Scammell factory existed on the site between 1922 and 1988.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 28 May 2006
0.06 miles
2
Watford West railway station (disused)
Nearly three years on from Hywel's Image and about the only changes are that the scrubby vegetation has grown thicker and the red box containing the train driver's mirror has disappeared. The tracks sleepers and electrified third rail remain in situ... This was taken from the Tolpits Lane road bridge. See Image for a view of the outside of the station.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 21 Mar 2008
0.08 miles
5
Holy Rood Church Hall and Social Centre
On Tolpits Lane.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 10 Mar 2013
0.11 miles
7
Croxley Rail Link (17): Site of the former Watford West Station
Five years on from Image] and amidst funding disputes that have caused the project to stall, vegetation is again taking over the old station site, although the track remains extant. The edge of the platform and its old lampposts in faded Network Rail red paint can still be seen.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 24 Nov 2020
0.13 miles
8
Croxley Rail Link (13): Site of the former Watford West Station
This is the former Watford West station, dating from 1912 and the opening of the L&NWR's Croxley Branch. The new Croxley Rail Link, now known as the Metropolitan Line Extension, would utilize the trackbed through here, but it is not planned to re-open the old station. The trackside vegetation has been cleared in preparation for the link and the extents of the old station can be seen from the Tolpits Lane bridge for the first time in many years. Little other than the platform, steps and lamp posts remain and the litter is a real eyesore.
This view has now been taken and submitted to Geograph in:-
September 1985 Image
April 2005 Image
March 2008 Image
March 2013 Image
August 2013 Image
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 13 Dec 2015
0.13 miles
9
Watford West station (believe it or not!)
The line and station closed in 1996, but all seems to be intact from the little that can be seen through the vegetation. The single line third rail electrified line is still there, presumably switched off; the platform edge can just be glimpsed; more clearly seen are the lamp standards on the platform. Compare with earlier views in 2005 Image and operational in 1985 Image .
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 10 Mar 2013
0.14 miles
10
Watford West station, 1985
Watford West station was on a short branch line from Watford to Croxley Green. The line was abandoned after trains stopped running in 1996. There is a proposal to rebuild the line so that London Underground's Metropolitan Line can be diverted to Watford Junction. However, Watford West station will not reopen.
Image: © Malc McDonald
Taken: 23 Sep 1985
0.14 miles