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East end of St Mary's parish church, Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Category: Church
The parish church of St Mary is built on a low hill overlooking the Dingle... (more)
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Font of St Mary's Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
for square SJ7560
Category: Font
The font stands at the rear of the nave, the traditional position to remind... (more)
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Sandbach market - clothing
by Stephen Craven
for square SJ7560
Thursday has long been market day in Sandbach. Clothing stalls are on the... (more)
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Sandbach market - fruit & veg
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Thursday has long been market day in Sandbach. The greengrocery stalls are... (more)
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Price City, Sandbach High Street
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
This was a Co-Operative department store when I first lived in Sandbach in the... (more)
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McColls, Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
A newsagents shop on Penda Way.
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Bold Street: former Co-operative building
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
This building was the Sandbach Industrial Co-operative Society Limited,... (more)
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WH Smith, Sandbach High Street
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
The shop was a Woolworths store until that chain collapsed at the end of 2008.
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The Military Arms
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Category: Public house
A Greenall's pub on the edge of Scotch Common in the centre of Sandbach.
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The Lower Chequer, Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Category: Public house
The pub gets its name by contrast with the Swan and Chequer, higher up the hill... (more)
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Sandbach park - new play area
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
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View outside Chatwins
by Jonathan Hutchins
geograph for square SJ7560
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Sandbach Motorway Services
by Rossographer
geograph for square SJ7760
Motorway services off the southbound M6 at Sandbach.
Uninspiring.
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The Commons: fish bar and tanning studio
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Two businesses on the south side of the Commons (or Scotch Common)
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Green Street: oriental resaturant
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
A chinese restaurant on the east side of the street.
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Green Street: takeaway and cafe
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
An Indian takeaway and a cafe on the west side of the street.
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Bold Street: Oxfam shop
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
The charity shop occupies the western end of the former Co-operative building... (more)
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Cross Street: the Stove Centre
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
To give it its full name, Cheshire Stoves and Cookers.
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Welles Street: the Ring o' Bells
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
A pub on the corner of Welles Street and Cross Street.
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Welles Street: barber and beer
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
A man's paradise: shops on the west side of Welles Street, including a... (more)
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Welles Street: fish shop etc
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Shops on the east side of Welles Street, opposite the end of Bold Street,... (more)
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Welles Street: optician and takeaway
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
An opticians and an Indian takeaway.
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Welles Street: DEBRA shop and former methodist chapel
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
A charity shop. Behind the facade can be seen the former Primitive Methodist... (more)
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Roundabout on Sandbach Bypass
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
This is where the Sandbach bypass (foreground) meets the inner relief road... (more)
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Jubilee flowerbed
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7561
A stone raised flowerbed in Sandbach Park to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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Queen Elizabeth's tree - plaque
by Stephen Craven
for square SJ7661
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King George's tree - plaque
by Stephen Craven
for square SJ7661
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King George's tree
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
The plaque beneath this tree in Sandbach Park records that it was planted in... (more)
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Sandbach Bridge and The Hill
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7660
Category: Road junction
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No 10, Well Bank, Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Category: Half-timbered cottage
This timbered cottage is one of the oldest surviving houses in Sandbach. It has... (more)
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Speed limit approaching Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
The 30mph limit has started at this point on Congleton Road as long as I can... (more)
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The Railway Children
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
The offices of a charity that helps homeless children across the world. This... (more)
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Stile by the Sandbach Bypass
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
The stile is where a pre-existing right of way is cut off by the bypass.
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Old Mill Road
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
Otherwise known as the A534 Sandbach Bypass. Built in the 1980s.
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Open space behind the Parkhouse estate
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
A strip of green space was left between the housing and the A534 Sandbach Bypass... (more)
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Open space behind the Parkhouse estate
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
A strip of green space was left between the housing and the A534 Sandbach Bypass... (more)
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Cycle lane, Sandbach Bridge
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7660
The road across the bridge is now one-way (northbound i.e. towards the town... (more)
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Queen Elizabeth's tree
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
The plaque beneath this tree in Sandbach Park records that it was planted in... (more)
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Sandbach park - picnic area
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
The picnic area was opened in 2011 on the site of a former playground... (more)
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Sandbach park - new play area
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
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Front Street sewage overflow
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7660
Category: Sewage outfall
At the bottom of Sandbach town centre, a water company plaque identifies this as... (more)
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St Mary's church hall, Sandbach
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Category: Church hall
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Old style roadsign on former A534
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7561
Category: Road signs
Congleton Road used to be the main road into Sandbach from the east, the A534.... (more)
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A covered footbridge at M6 Sandbach Services
by Oliver Mills
geograph for square SJ7760
Connecting the Northbound and Southbound service sites, this structure appears... (more)
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Green Street: old garage
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
This wooden shed housing a vehicle repair workshop looks to be a survivor from... (more)
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Welles Street: entrance to Embury Court
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7560
Access to this development is through a flat-ceilinged underpass.
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Welles Street: hole in the road
by Stephen Craven
for square SJ7560
A nasty looking pothole.
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Derelict house on Congleton Road
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7561
I don't think this house had been lived in for some time, but now is boarded up.
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Emerald Drive
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
A small housing development off Congleton Road, built (if I recall correctly) in... (more)
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Community Speed Check Area
by Stephen Craven
geograph for square SJ7661
It is not clear what this sign means. Do vigilantes patrol the area with speed... (more)
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