IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Somers Road, WALSALL, WS2 9AU
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Somers Road, WS2 9AU 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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Image Listing (21 Images Found)
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Distance
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Walsall : M6 Motorway
The M6 Motorway between Junction 9 (Wednesbury) and Junction 10 (Walsall Interchange).
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 22 Sep 2019
0.17 miles
5
Birmingham : The M6 Motorway
The M6 Motorway heading north through Birmingham.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 29 Oct 2013
0.19 miles
6
Railway junction at Pleck
With the bridge under the M6 visible in the distance.
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 25 May 2019
0.20 miles
7
Darlaston Road
Typical Black Country mix of terraced housing on one side of Darlaston Road and industrial units on the other.
Image: © John M
Taken: 19 May 2007
0.21 miles
8
James Bridge gasholders from A4038 - Walsall, West Midlands
A slightly more distant view of the gasholders in 'Sometime to disappear?' from the A4038 Darlaston Road. Demolition of these landmarks is apparently still planned but when is not clear, neither is the future use of the site. In November 1940 during an air raid a bomb dropped on this site but failed to explode. The site superintendent at the time, Richard Hateley, was awarded the George Medal for preventing one of the tanks from exploding on that night (source heritagewebsite).
Time taken 3.16 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.21 miles
9
Sometime to disappear? - Walsall, West Midlands
The site of the James Bridge gasholder station south of the Darlaston Road at Pleck, Walsall. The gasholders have been earmarked for demolition, although future use of the site, whether for housing or industry seems not to have yet been finally decided. The gasworks site is a SLINC - Site of Local Interest for Nature Conservation. In November 1940 during an air raid a bomb dropped on this site but failed to explode. The site superintendent at the time, Richard Hateley, was awarded the George Medal for preventing one of the tanks from exploding on that night. Source historywebsite.co.uk. Time taken 3.39 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.21 miles
10
Under the rainbow 1 - Walsall, West Midlands
A view along Darlaston Road, Pleck, Walsall - on the left the Staffordshire Tramways Electricity Generating Station of 1892 vintage. After a sudden fierce downpour this rainbow appeared - a complete arch across the sky. The pot of gold might be represented by the wealth generated in the industrial West Midlands. Time taken 3.47 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan
Taken: 30 Jan 2015
0.22 miles