Photograph img_2548.jpg

On River Road at the south end of Gaiety Row


Map of location 185 Location 220 Location 215 Location 216 Location 217 Location 236 Location 218 Location 219 Location 174 Location 176 Location 177 Location 180 Location 179 Location 183 Location 184 Location 186 Location 185 Location 187 Location 188 Location 178 Location 190 Location 191 Location 192 Location 189 Location 223 Location 224 Location 225 Location 237 Location 226 Location 235 Location 227 Location 233 Location 234 Location 228 Location 229 Location 231 Location 230

Photograph taken 2002-08-25

House and garage on left. Railway bridge behind tree on right. Parked cars on road.

River Thames with Maidenhead Bridge in the distance. Guards Club Island on the left, with large trees. Boats moored at landing-stages. Steep gardens between river and road. River Road on the right. River Road with the Thames on the left. Maidenhead Bridge in the distance. Part of Gaiety Row on the right: black and white houses with large verandas at first-floor level. Gaiety Row houses. Many colourful hanging baskets. Hedges and walls along road. Parked car. The southern end of Gaiety Row: Waterside and Regatta View. Black and white painted houses with large windows at first floor level. Nutshell: two-storey brick house between Gaiety Row and the railway bridge. House and garage on left. Railway bridge behind tree on right. Parked cars on road. Looking south on River Road, through the side-arch of Brunel's famous brick railway bridge across the Thames. Iron railings and terrace on the right, with river beyond.
The Sounding Arch: the flattest brick bridge ever built. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to carry the Great Western Railway across the Thames at Maidenhead. (The bridge was later widened to carry four tracks). Boat moored at landing stage. Guards Club Island seen across River Thames. Boat moored to landing stage on right.

Creative Commons License
All images are © Andrew Findlay 2002-2007 and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Some Rights Reserved Maps are derived from OpenStreetMap data, licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 licence.