Eyton Moor
Downs, Moorland in Shropshire
England
Eyton Moor
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Eyton Moor Images
Images are sourced within 2km of 52.734868/-2.5198879 or Grid Reference SJ6415. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.
Apley Woods
At the foot of the steps below the open area shown here Link we reach the edge of the wood. Across this field is Apley Pool, it's large and only about 150 metres away, but hidden from this viewpoint.
Apley Pool Wood Wall Benchmark
The very badly eroded Ordnance Survey Datum Line Benchmark with Crow's Foot cut into the roadside wall adjacent to Apley Pool Wood in Telford. The benchmark was set with a Third Order of accuracy and was both levelled & verified by the OS in 1984. The reported height AODN is 77.989-metres
Covered canal warehouse building at Wappenshall wharf
One of the main buildings at the Wappenshall Wharf site, a junction of the Newport and Shrewsbury Canals. This building was erected a few years after the smaller warehouse, hidden from view here by the corrugated steel shed on the right, which itself was built during WWII on the site of the former stables to the warehouse. The shed was originally used to store equipment and provisions for various RAF stations in the area. Most of the significant buildings on this site were Grade II listed in 1978, in this case the details of the Covered Warehouse are at Link
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Covered canal warehouse building at Wappenshall wharf
The northwest face of the building seen in SJ6614 : Covered canal warehouse building at Wappenshall wharf, which is the most impressive of the various structures on site here; an arm of the Trench branch of the canal comes in below the right-hand gable of the warehouse, and allowed tub-boats to be offloaded of their (coal, limestone, iron ore) cargo before it was re-loaded onto larger boats on the main Newport canal. The horses could be fed, watered and rested in a now-demolished stable building at the far side. It attracted a Grade II listing Link & Link in 1978.
& Link in 1978.
The original canal warehouse at Wappenshall junction
Built in 1834/1835 by the proprietors of the Duke of Sutherland's estate, he being a large landowner in the area, as part of the development of the canal network locally. It is currently undergoing extensive restoration work by a charitable trust who hope to convert it to a visitor centre (and cafe) for the wharf site. Grade II listed Link & Link in 1978.
& Link in 1978.
Cast iron crane jib beside the original warehouse
The original canal warehouse at Wappenshall junction
The north side of the same building seen in SJ6614 : The original canal warehouse at Wappenshall junction, which faces out onto the former wharfage of the canal. It was built in the early 1830s, and Grade II listed Link & Link in 1978.
& Link in 1978.
Loading/unloading bay in the covered warehouse
Work is in progress beneath SJ6614 : Covered canal warehouse building at Wappenshall wharf to clean out the bed of the canal and to reinstate the former appearance of the working warehouse. Boats were able to float (towed by horses) right underneath the building into this arm of the canal, the horses were given food and rest in the stabling through the now bricked-up arches on the far side, and the cargo was lifted up through trapdoors or hatches, one of which can be seen in the ceiling between the substantial wooden beams. Much of the lifting gear remains in place, and hopefully will be restored to a working condition
Bridge House, Wappenshall wharf
Originally built around the same time as many of the other historic buildings on site in the mid 1830s, and operated as a 'toll house' by the clerk of the wharf, tallying the goods being shipped through and within the wharf operations. It was Grade II listed Link & Link in 1978, and is now a private house.
& Link in 1978, and is now a private house.
The NE corner of Apley Pool
Run for many years by the Telford Angling Association, the pool provides good, mixed coarse fishing, with a healthy population of common and mirror carp.
Pig sheds (?) in a field near Wappenshall
Unoccupied at the moment (the field's gate was wide open); these look like large pig sheds, each with a couple of gas bottles outside it.
Large barn at Wappenshall Farm
One of several barns at the farm, this being the one most noticeable from the roadside.
Farmland at Wappenshall
Looking towards the line of the former canal, and the storm pool in SJ6614 : Newport Branch Canal at Wappenshall Junction
Shawbirch island
One of the main roundabouts on the north side of Telford - this one is rarely devoid of vehicles, being at the intersection of the A442 (Queensway) which carries traffic through the heart of the town, and the A5223 which comes directly from the M54 at Ketley.
Geese on one of the pools at Rough Pits
The ubiquitous Canada Geese on the pool at Rough Pits.
Apley Pool
A 5-acre lake located in the Apley Castle grounds in Wellington near Telford.
Eyton Moor is located at Grid Ref: SJ6415 (Lat: 52.734868, Lng: -2.5198879)
Unitary Authority: Telford and Wrekin
Police Authority: West Mercia
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