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|   Female Head - Former Sutton Manor Colliery, UK
in Figurative Public Sculpture This 20 metre tall sculpture of a female head was erected to commemorate the site of a former coal mine. posted by:  dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/21/2018 last visited: never |
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|  Spike Island And The Trans Pennine Trail - Widnes, UK
in UK Historical Markers This information board in a public park on renovated industrial land has information about the history of Spike Island. It covers the period from its early industrialisation to its regeneration into a public space with the Trans Pennine Trail. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/19/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.3 km | Mersey Flats Spike Island - Widnes, Uk in UK Historical Markers This information board gives information about a local design of boat used on the River Mersey known as a Mersey Flat. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/26/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km |  You Are Here At Spike Island Ranger Station - Widnes, UK
in 'You Are Here' Maps This "You Are Here" map is near to Spike Island Ranger Station and the junction of the River Mersey and the Sankey Canal. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km |  Chemical Plant Gate Valve - Widnes, UK
in Preserved Machines on Public Display This gate valve was used in the manufacture of Sodium Carbonate. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 09/30/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km |  Former St. Mary's Church Cemetery - Widnes, UK
in Worldwide Cemeteries This open ground is the location of the cemetery of the former St. Mary's Church that was demolished in 1911. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/14/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km | History Of Spike Island - Widnes, UK in UK Historical Markers This information board in a public park on renovated industrial land has information about the historu of Spike Island. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/19/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km |  History Of Spike Island - 1757 To 1990 - Widnes, UK
in Timelines This information board in a public park on renovated industrial land has a timeline of significant events from the opening of the Sankey Canal to an outdoor pop concert by the Stone Roses. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km | You Are Here On Halton's Historic Waterfront - Widnes, UK in 'You Are Here' Maps This information board contains two maps showing your position along Halton's Historic Waterfront. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km | Former St. Mary's Church Site - Widnes, UK in UK Historical Markers This sign is one of a series installed by Halton Borough Council in the area. It describes the history of St. Mary's Church posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/19/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km |  Sankey Canal Lock On River Meresy - Widnes, UK
in River Gauges This river gauge is carved in stone at the entrance to the entrance lock to the Sankey Canal on Spike Island alongside the River Mersey. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/14/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km | You Are Here On The Trans Pennine Trail At Spike Island - Widnes, UK in 'You Are Here' Maps This map shows the local route of the National Cycle and Walking Route, the Trans Pennine Trail, alongside the Sankey Canal and River Mersey. It also shows where you are in regards to the full length of the trail. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/07/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km |  Sankey Canal - Widnes Lock - Widnes, UK
in Waterway Locks, Planes and Lifts This lock is at the south western end of the canal and connects it to the River Mersey. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 04/23/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.5 km | Spike Island Dock Entrance On River Mersey - Widnes, UK in River Gauges This river gauge is carved in stone at the entrance to Widnes Dock on Spike Island alongside the River Mersey. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/14/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.7 km |  Pharmaceutical Millstones - Widnes, UK
in Millstones These millstones were used in the Evans Pharmaceutical Laboratories to grind drugs. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/01/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.7 km |  Catalyst Museum - Widnes, UK
in Zip-line This children's zip line is located in an adventure playground outside the Catalyst Museum on Spike Island, a public park. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 07/24/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.7 km |  Catalyst Science Discovery Centre - Widnes, UK
in Science Museums This museum is at Spike Island, regarded as the birthplace of the chemical industry in Britain, is the only museum in the UK dedicated to Chemistry. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/15/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.7 km |  FIRST - Synthetic Inhalation Anaesthetic - Widnes, UK
in First of its Kind This plaque honours Charles Suckling who helped to develop halothane, the world's FIRST synthetic inhalation anaesthetic. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/17/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS4.7 km |  Charles Suckling - Widnes, UK
in Blue Plaques This hexagonal Blue Plaque is one of a series of National Chemical Landmarks and honours Charles Suckling who helped to develop halothane. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/14/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS5 km |  Runcorn Railway Bridge - Widnes, UK
in Railroad Bridges This bridge built in 1868 crosses the River Mersey and connects the towns of Runcon and Widnes. It was, and still is, the nearest bridge to the coast across the Mersey. Built near the site of a ferry it also had a public footpath on the bridge. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/18/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS5 km |  Silver Jubilee Bridge - Widnes, UK
in Arch Bridges This through arch bridge with a design based on Sydney Harbour Bridge connects the West Bank area of Widnes to Runcorn over the River Mersey. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/15/2016 last visited: 09/15/2016 |
 view galleryS5 km |  Queen Victoria - 60 Years - West Bank, UK
in Commercial Commemorations This stone plaque on Victoria Promenade celebrates Queen Victoria's 60th year of her reign and the expansion of the promenade. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/15/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS5 km |  Creighton Hutchinson M.D. - Widnes, UK
in Statues of Historic Figures This life size bust of a doctor was erected to commemorate him by local people. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/15/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS5.1 km |  CONFLUENCE - Ditton Brook, River Mersey - Ditton Marsh, UK
in River Origins, Destinations and Confluences This spot marks the confluence of Ditton Brook and The River Mersey and is crossed by a foot / cycle bridge over the brook. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/16/2016 last visited: never |
 view galleryS5.1 km |  Trans Pennine Trail Bridge - Ditton Marsh, UK
in Hiking Path Footbridges This metal foot / cycle bridge carries the Trans Pennine Trail over Ditton Brook at its confluence with the River Mersey. posted by: dtrebilc location: North West England, United Kingdom date approved: 10/17/2016 last visited: never |
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