IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Wheldon Road, CASTLEFORD, WF10 2SJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Wheldon Road, WF10 2SJ 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 (62 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
Horses and houses
Horses (NOT pit ponies) graze on the old Fryston Colliery site, whilst new houses are being built.
Image: © derek dye
Taken: 9 Aug 2018
0.03 miles
2
Gone without trace
From 1879 to 1986, this was the site of Fryston Colliery. Now the entire area covered by the pit and spoil tips has been turned into a country park after a year-long reclamation and landscaping scheme.
Image: © David Pickersgill
Taken: 13 Sep 2009
0.04 miles
4
Fryston Colliery and pylons at sunset
This photograph was taken when the pit was in full production about 1980, well before the pit strike that sealed its fate. Photo taken from footpath by side of sewage works on way to footbridge crossing at three bridges over to Fairburn ings.
Image: © derek dye
Taken: Unknown
0.04 miles
5
Now you see me, now you don't part 1: Fryston Colliery bites the dust
Soon after the miners strike in 1985, Fryston Colliery, along with several others, was demolished with haste and virtually all evidence that it ever existed was wiped away. The tower mounted winder was the last man standing and it took two attempts before being dynamited to the ground. See Image Exact date not known.
Image: © derek dye
Taken: Unknown
0.06 miles
6
Regeneration at Fryston
Most of the houses, plus shops, school and chapel in the isolated colliery village of Fryston (the 'New' prefix is hardly ever used) were demolished in the years preceding and following the closure of the colliery in 1986, but those that remain find themselves in ever more pleasant surroundings. This green and playground were created in 2005 and the old spoil heaps surrounding the village are soon to be landscaped into a recreational area leading down to the River Aire. The heyday of Fryston was famously recorded by local miner and amateur photographer, Jack Hulme. see Wakefield Museum http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/residents/events-and-culture/museums/museum-collections/photography-collection#.U_uAKvldW5h and Fryston Memories http://www.frystonmemories.co.uk/resource.php?articleid=15
Image: © David Pickersgill
Taken: 16 Sep 2007
0.07 miles
7
Children's play area, Fryston
Where there were once terraced streets and a school, there is now a 'village green' and a children's play park.
Image: © Gordon Hatton
Taken: 12 Oct 2010
0.07 miles
8
Now you see me, now you don't part 2: the fall of a giant
Photo taken shortly after Fryston winding tower was demolished when colliery was closed after the miners strike of 1984-85.
"With one well placed shot, the giant falls and rises no more!"
See Image Exact date unknown.
Image: © derek dye
Taken: Unknown
0.08 miles
9
Playground & Monument
Remediation of the old Fryston Colliery area.
Image: © Darren Haddock
Taken: 6 Oct 2006
0.08 miles
10
Old pit.New houses
Houses under construction on former Fryston Colliery site.
Image: © derek dye
Taken: 7 Aug 2018
0.09 miles