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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: restored north corner pillar, Key Hill
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0688
Massive pillar and wall coping designed in sandstone by the architect Charles... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: Key Hill entrance
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
Massive gate pillars designed by the architect Charles Edge.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: Memorials, upper area, and houses, Key Hill Drive
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: lower area, looking east to the catacombs
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
Some new tree-planting has been carried out. Some stretches of path are very wet.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: boundary wall to Cemetery Lane
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
This boundary consists of a high brick retaining wall with massive sandstone... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: obelisks and other memorials
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
An obelisk memorial might signify any of a number of different things about the... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: view southwest across the lower area
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
The view from the terrace above the catacombs.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: trees and memorials, upper area
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
An obelisk memorial might signify any of a number of different things about the... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: view west into the lower area
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
The ground is thickly carpeted with the leathery leaves of London Plane trees.... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: the quarry sides below Spencer Street
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: view southeast into the quarry
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
As the sand was quarried, more ground was opened up for interments. These are... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: steps between the upper and lower areas
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: war memorial, lower area
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: former catacombs
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
The large arch was the entrance to a tunnel. Catacombs were a fashionable form... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: obelisk and rows of headstones, lower area
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
In the background is the West Midlands Metro station for Jewellery Quarter.
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, general view of lower area, south side
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0588
Some of the closed-off catacombs can be seen on the left. The large arch was the... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley: interpretive sign
by Robin Stott
for square SP0588
The sign is located on the west side of the chapel site, facing the Icknield... (more)
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Key Hill Cemetery, Hockley, Icknield Street entrance
by Robin Stott
for square SP0588
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NCN 535 in January - Aston, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0990
A cold and snowy January day on NCN (National Cycle Network) route no 535 beside... (more)
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Lea Bridge 1 - Rotton Park, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
Lea Bridge, crossing the Birmingham New Main Line Canal at Rotton Park Junction.... (more)
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T for Tame and junction - Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0990
To the north-west Junction 6 of the M6 the famed Spaghetti Junction, to the... (more)
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From Loop to Lea - Rotton Park, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
A view from the bridge over the entrance to the Soho Loop to Lea Bridge, where... (more)
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From Lea to Loop - Rotton Park, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
A view of Lea Bridge, straddling the Birmingham Canal New Main Line, and beyond... (more)
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Now for leisure - Rotton Park, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
Here in Rotton Park on that November afternoon, two narrowboats have passed... (more)
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On Sycamore Road - Bournville, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0481
A view north east on Sycamore Road, showing the Birmingham City University... (more)
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Floodlit sports pitches at the University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0483
The grass pitch in the foreground is the Bournbrook rugby pitch, used for... (more)
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Medical Physics building, University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0483
A 1960s building on Ring Road South.
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Changing scene 3 - Perry Barr, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0690
A return visit to Perry Barr and the scene pictured in 'On to Witton and... (more)
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Changing scene 2 - Perry Barr, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
for square SP0691
A return visit to Perry Barr and the scene pictured in 'On to Witton and... (more)
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Changing scene 1 - Perry Barr, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
for square SP0690
A return visit to Perry Barr and the scene pictured in 'On to Witton and... (more)
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On Maple Road - Bournville, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0481
The Birmingham City University's Birmingham Centre for Visual Arts on Maple... (more)
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Snowy way to Fazeley - Aston, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0990
Work on the Fazeley section of the Canal began in 1786 and was finally completed... (more)
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West Midlands Fire Service HQ, Nechells, Birmingham
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0887
Photographed from a Cross-City Line train. It would appear from demolitions... (more)
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HS2 Curzon Street station site, Eastside, Birmingham, February 2020: 3/3
by Robin Stott
for square SP0786
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HS2 Curzon Street station site, Eastside, Birmingham, February 2020: 2/3
by Robin Stott
for square SP0786
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HS2 site � demolitions northeast of Lawley Middleway, Birmingham
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP0887
Business premises in Lawford Close and Locke Place, off Vauxhall Road, have... (more)
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HS2 Curzon Street station site, Birmingham � the former station site
by Robin Stott
for square SP0887
This looks like an early stage of groundworks. The busy main lines east of the... (more)
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From Salford Bridge - Aston, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0990
A view from Salford Bridge on Lichfield Road Aston, looking out over the... (more)
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Reservoir gateway - Edgbaston, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0486
Entrance to Edgbaston Reservoir and Park, managed by Birmingham City Council... (more)
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Junction Bridge 2 - Rotton Park, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
Another view of this bridge, dated 1854, which stands over the entrance to the... (more)
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Junction Bridge 1 - Rotton Park, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
This bridge, dated 1854, stands over the entrance to the Icknield Port Loop, a... (more)
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Rotton Park Junction 2 - Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
A view of Rotton Park Junction taken from Lea Bridge. On the skyline are traces... (more)
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Rotton Park bridge approach - Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0487
This is the ramp to Rotton Park Junction Bridge, with Lea Bridge beyond. The... (more)
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Unseen underside - Spaghetti Junction, Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
for square SP0990
A scene perhaps unsuspected and unknown to some of the drivers passing overhead... (more)
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Spotted dogs and all other colours - Birmingham
by Martin Richard Phelan
geograph for square SP0786
The Birmingham Home for Lost and Starving Dogs opened in 1892, being sited on... (more)
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The Ashley and Strathcona buildings, University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0483
The Ashley Building is the circular one behind. Constructed 1961-4.
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R10 Physics East, University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0483
A 1960s building alongside Ring Road North.
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Elms Plant Laboratorium, University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0584
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IT Services building, University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0484
Tucked away behind the Metallurgy and Materials building.
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52 Pritchatts Road, University of Birmingham
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SP0583
This building was constructed 1970 but has recently been refurbished.
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