Panoramas and Wide Images
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A view from 1 Villa composed of four shots with a total view angle of about 150 degrees. On the left the back of the Villas and gardens. Distantly the 'catcracker' of the Mobil refinery at Coryton is visible. On the far right tanks of LATHOL with in front the tracks of the BR Thames Haven yard with a class 08 shunter. The East Site boiler house and chimney is distantly to the right of the centre tank. All visible, except parts of the Coryton refinery, is now demolished. by Robin Webster |
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:38 oasthouse |
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Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:38 oasthouse |
Construction on this project started in late 2010 and is scheduled to open in summer 2011. Progress was recently covered by the local paper (Swindon Advertiser) here Link Links to newspaper articles are often ephemeral so the text has been reproduced below: "Gazeley on time for Swindon's biggest building DEVELOPERS are right time on time to finish Swindon’s biggest ever building. The £77m 796,649 sq ft [7.4 hectares] B&Q distribution centre at South Marston – the equivalent of 20 football pitches – will create 600 jobs and will be a regional hub to service B&Q stores across the south of England. The building is on the triangle between Highworth Road and Kingsdown Road, off the A361 in an area which is known as Gazeley G-Park. Work started in October and the building will be finished and handed over to B&Q next month. It should open in the summer. Developer Gazeley’s development director Charles Blake said: “This development gives B&Q a high-quality logistics centre that incorporates superb eco-credentials as well as providing a huge boost to the local economy. “This is the biggest development of its kind currently being built in the UK. “We have been working closely with Swindon Council to make several improvements to the local road network as well as contributing £150,000 for the provision of local art and £700,000 to be invested in the Great Western Community Forest.” “This is the first build-to-suit development to start at the G-Park Swindon site but there are still opportunities for businesses develop bases at this strategic location.” Before building could start, the field had to be checked for ordnance because during the war Swindon was bombed 11 times and there might have been the risk of unexploded shells. But nothing was found. Two graves dating back more than 2,000 years were discovered but experts reckoned that they were not historically important enough to be preserved. There have been no major incidents during the work and no one has been seriously injured. The empty house on the left hand side of the road going to Highworth Link will be used by the fire service for a training exercise today before demolition. However, the 100-year-old walnut tree there will be kept. The building will include a wide range of eco-measures, including the re-use of rainwater collected from the roof and solar panels to heat the water. A solar wall will use renewable energy to heat and ventilate the building. The development has substantial areas of new habitat and 500 new trees have been planted. The current B&Q centre at Groundwell will be closed and the 125 staff employed there will be offered jobs at the new centre. B&Q decided to look at its whole distribution across the country following a review and found it made sense to have a new regional centre in the south for high volume products, bringing goods closer to the stores. The aim is to improve customer service and cut transport costs and CO2 emissions. To enable people to follow the progress, a real-time webcam has been set up on the dedicated G-Park Swindon website: Link " Technical note: this image was obtained from the stitching together of four exposures. by Brian Robert Marshall |
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Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:38 oasthouse |
The hilltop location of much of Heddon village affords great views over the Tyne valley and into Newcastle. The view from Station Road, just past the houses to the south-east of the village is one of the best. The panorama was stitched from 10 photos and is best viewed here Link The view takes in the slopes south-east of Heddon on the Wall from Heddon Hall on the left; Blayney Row, Moore Court and Heddon Haughs (the site of the former Heddon Railway Station), closer to the river, to the University playing fields on the east edge of Close House Estate on the far right. In the far distance there is a good view on the left of Newburn village, with the River Tyne prominent at Newburn Bridge, and Lemington and the Glassworks chimney, even further away. beyond them the west end of Newcastle. Ryton Church is a prominent landmark on the south side of the River Tyne as is the white Ferry House. To the right of the church spire, the south bank of the river is dominated by the golf courses of Tyneside and Ryton, with the colliery village of Clara Vale on the far right. The Wylam Waggonway (later railway and now cycle path and Hadrian's Trail footpath) parallels the route of the river from left to right, its course marked by a line of trees. In the centre of the photo, hidden in trees, is the former site of Heddon's Colliery, Margaret Pit NZ1465 : Margaret Pit, Heddon on the Wall Patches of trees within the fields and hedgerows on these slopes are usually the sites of abandoned coal mining shafts Link Tramways were constructed to carry coal uphill from the pit to depots on Station Road, near to where this photo was taken. The straight lines of the field hedgerows on the left and right sides of the panorama are the sites of two of these former tramways. Both are shown on the 25 inch to 1 mile OS map of 1897, the uppermost (right) still shown in 1920 Link by Andrew Curtis |
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:39 oasthouse |
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Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:39 oasthouse |
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Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:39 oasthouse |
Low tide at the outer harbour. Wall to left by The Stade. See more sizes for wider panorama. by Oast House Archive Shared Description |
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