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Drive to Meriden Hall off Main Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
The drive, curved to prevent a direct view, passes through a dense belt... (more)
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Business premises next to the Bull's Head
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
On the corner of Main Road and Glovers Close. The shadows are cast by the... (more)
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Porsche dealer and petrol station
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
The Porsche model in the foreground is marked 911 and 2.7.
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Private lake near Meriden Hall
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2481
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Drive to Meriden Hall developments
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2481
Meriden Hall itself is a large three-storied stone house of the early... (more)
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Houses in Glovers Close
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
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Strawberry Bank, hotel and restaurant, Main Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
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Recent housing, Strawberry Fields
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
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Meriden Methodist Church, Main Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
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Meriden war memorial
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2481
In the form known as a Calvary, on the corner of Main Road and Berkswell Road.
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Connected bus shelter, Main Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
Times that the next three buses are due to arrive are updated on a... (more)
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Big pond in a small park
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2481
Houses on Main Road in the background. Was this once the eastern end of... (more)
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A neat little footbridge
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
On the far right is a bund on the eastern boundary of Coleman &... (more)
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Inscription on the Cyclists' war memorial
by Robin Stott
for square SP2382
"To the lasting memory of those cyclists who died in the Great War... (more)
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Cyclists' war memorial on the Green
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
It originally commemorated the cyclists who served in the First World War... (more)
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Copse on a low hillside
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2481
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Meriden telephone exchange, Main Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
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New recreation ground, Meriden
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
This amazing, brand-new facility was being well-used during the summer... (more)
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Meriden sewage treatment works
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
Some rooftops on the south side of Meriden are visible.
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Ye Olde Pound House, Birmingham Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
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Milestone in a front garden, Main Road
by Robin Stott
for square SP2481
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Caravan storage, Birmingham Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
It includes the odd boat. In France they call this 'un garage mort'.
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Open frontages to bungalows, Main Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2481
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The centre of England?
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
Meriden has long claimed to be the centre of England. Other candidates... (more)
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Solar panels on a barn roof, Berry Fields Farm
by Robin Stott
for square SP2481
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Coleman & Co's Meriden site: 3
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
Restoration of a deep sand and gravel excavation appears to be in progress.
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Fields north of Old Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2482
Two public footpaths cross this field from a point to the left, out of shot.
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Road junction west of Meriden
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
Left of centre the realigned Maxstoke Lane to and from the A45 joins... (more)
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Digging a sandpit
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
The scale of this quarry is staggering. What use will be made of it in future?
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Coleman & Co's Meriden site: 2
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
View south along the top of the bund on the eastern boundary. A scrub of... (more)
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Gates and former workshop, Forest Hall
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
Forest Hall is the meeting room and shooting ground of the Woodmen of... (more)
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Recycling centre, Old Road, Meriden
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2582
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Meriden Hill
by Robin Stott
for square SP2582
This wide road, continuous with Birmingham Road behind the camera and... (more)
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Wheatfield southeast of Meriden
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
Some six kilometres away in the distance is 'Packington... (more)
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Alder scrub near a quarry
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
A corner of the boundary to Coleman's Meriden quarry supports a... (more)
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South end of Eaves Green Lane
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2582
One of those "Is anything vertical?" moments. Unedited.
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Harvested field, Cornets End
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
The line of trees follows the course of a brook.
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Church Farm and St Lawrence's Church
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
Strategically sited on a small hill, the church marks the original... (more)
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New House, Old Road
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2582
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Church of St Lawrence, old Meriden
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
Strategically sited on a small hill, the church marks the original... (more)
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A paddock with a view, old Meriden
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
Old Meriden, originally known as Alspath, was strategically sited on one... (more)
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Moat House, Church Lane
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
It bears the date 1610 but may be 16th-century; listed Grade II. The... (more)
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Collecting the milk, Moat House Farm
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
The farm buildings are to the north and east of Moat House.
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Ivy-clad bank, Church Lane
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
This impressive bank is near the junction with Meriden HIll, the old main... (more)
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Alspath House welcomes you.
by Robin Stott
for square SP2581
A bank of unrelieved (but possibly alarmed) Cotoneaster and a solid... (more)
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Entrance to Maroheto, Church Lane
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
As unsympathetic to its surroundings as the Alspath House frontage... (more)
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Walking to a target, Meriden Archery Club
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
The club was founded in 1935. Its Forest Grounds shooting ground is... (more)
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Flooded sand and gravel quarry
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2382
This vast pit appears more extensively worked than is shown on current... (more)
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Coleman & Co's Meriden site: 4
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2381
A chainlink fence guards a stretch of the boundary where the footpath on... (more)
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Plank bridge over a ditch
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SP2581
The ditch marks the parish boundary between Berkswell (behind the camera)... (more)
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