IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Gorsebrook Road, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV10 6JD
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Gorsebrook Road, WV10 6JD 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 (205 Images Found)
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Wolverhampton Lock No 16
With the backdrop of the Oxley Railway Viaduct.
Image: © Mat Fascione
Taken: 21 Apr 2018
0.01 miles
3
View from the viaduct, north of Wolverhampton
Taken from a train heading towards Shrewsbury: the other viaduct in the distance carries the electrified line towards Stafford and the West Coast Main Line. Below, the Birmingham Canal climbs through the twenty-one Wolverhampton locks.
Image: © Christopher Hilton
Taken: 9 Feb 2015
0.02 miles
5
The Wolverhampton 21 - Lock No 16
This shows the Birmingham Canal Navigations, looking west-north-west from Stafford Road Bridge. Lock No 16 is one of the 21 locks (originally 20) in the Wolverhampton flight.
Sustrans National Route 81 (Wolverhampton to Aberystwyth) for cyclists passes along the towpath here, so non-waterways funding is available to help maintain the surface. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-81/
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 20 Jun 2022
0.02 miles
6
Birmingham Canal Mainline. Wolverhampton - Lock No. 16
Canal lock. c1770. By Brindley, Whitworth and Simcock, engineers. Brick with some stone coping. Double lower and single upper gates. The lock is one of a flight of 21 on the Birmingham Canal, Wolverhampton level. Listed Grade II. Oxley viaduct is seen in the background and is also Listed Grade II.
Image: © Chris Allen
Taken: 3 Mar 2024
0.02 miles
7
Lock No 16 and viaduct near Oxley in Wolverhampton
This shows the Birmingham Canal Navigations, looking west-north-west from Stafford Road Bridge. Lock No 16 is one of the 21 locks (originally 20) in the Wolverhampton flight.
Oxley Viaduct is Grade II listed, and was built 1847-1849 to carry the railway from Wolverhampton towards Shrewsbury. https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201817-oxley-viaduct-st-peters-ward
Sustrans National Route 81 (Wolverhampton to Aberystwyth) for cyclists passes along the towpath here, so non-waterways funding is available to help maintain the surface. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-81/
Image: © Roger Kidd
Taken: 20 Jun 2022
0.02 miles
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Birmingham Canal Lock 4
Grade II listed. Listing number 1205047. Lock. c1770. By James Brindley with R.Whitworth and S.Simcock, engineers. Brick with some stone coping. Double lower and single upper gates. One of a flight of 21 locks on the Birmingham Canal, Wolverhampton level.
Image: © Andrew Abbott
Taken: 13 Sep 2022
0.02 miles
9
Jones Road, Oxley
Off Stafford Road. The viaduct in the distance carries the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury railway line.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 8 Dec 2018
0.02 miles
10
MOT required in Gorsebrook Road
A quiet area with seats adjacent to the new 'Red Route' along the Stafford Road in Wolverhampton. The area south of Gorsebrook Road was the Stafford Road Works of the GWR from 1849. Between 1859 and 1908 over 800 locomotives were built on this site. The workshops finally closed in 1964.
Image: © John M
Taken: 25 Mar 2007
0.03 miles