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WALTON EASTERN DISTRICTS
Shay Lane (East), Brooklands, Cherry Tree and Elmwood Estates
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Walton - Eastern Districts

Views in and around the eastern districts of Walton.

There are a number of residential areas off Shay Lane (B6378):

  • Brooklands,
  • Cherry Tree,
  • and Elmwood estates.

Click on the pictures below to enlarge.

Click to enlargeShay Lane viewed from Walton Locks (site of the canal). Nine Arches Viaduct is in the distance with Crofton beyond.
[4th March 2010]
Click to enlargeShay Lane at Soap House Yard viewed from the site of High Town Bridge.

[19 Dec 2009]
Click to enlargeWalton Sports and Social Club, Shay Lane. This was the Miners' Welfare in days gone by. The club serves as a venue for sporting and other events such as line dancing and quiz nights. The houses at Walton Locks are just behind the club. They are built on the old Barnsley Canal route. The club's sports ground is the venue for the village gala. Click to enlargeShay Lane at Soap House Yard and the site of the former bridge over the canal. High Town Bridge was demolished following the canal abandonment; it had become something of an accident black spot.
[19 Dec 2009]
Click to enlargeShay Lane towards Elmwood Estate.
[Photographed 2000]
Click to enlargeShay Lane, view westwards from Cherry Tree Avenue towards the Soap House Yard area.
[31/03/2011]
Click to enlargeWalton's Christmas Tree - ready and waiting for the snow. It arrived in time for a White Christmas.
[8th December 2009]
Click to enlargeJunction of Cherry Tree Road and Cherry Tree Drive.
[July 2000]
Click to enlargeCherry Tree Road.
[October 2000]
Click to enlargeCherry Tree Drive (adjacent to Shay Lane). [July 2000]
Click to enlargeElmwood Estate.
[July 2000]
Click to enlargeElmwood Estate.
[July 2000]
Click to enlarge
Elmwood Estate is adjacent to the Waterways Land. For more information, see the Wakefield MDC Local Development Framework, Site Specific Proposals Submission, February 2011.
Ref. PAS W60 WATERWAYS LAND, WALTON
The above site is shown on the Proposals Map and is allocated as Safeguarded Land (Protected Areas of Search for Long Term Development).

The land off The Grove has the same status. Read about 'PAS'.

 
Click to enlargeShay Lane near Brooklands Estate. [19 May 2002] Click to enlargeShay Lane at the Brooklands Road junction.
[31/03/2011]
Click to enlargeEntering Walton from Crofton, Shay Lane at Brooklands.
[31/03/2011]
Click to enlargeFarmland adjacent to Drain Beck at Brooklands. The north wall of Walton Park (Waterton Park) is directly in front. A public right of way* crosses this field towards the corner of the wall on the left. (*Walton Footpath No.3)
[09/05/2011]
Click to enlargeShay Lane at Drain Beck Bridge, Brooklands. Drain Beck passes beneath the road just before the houses.
[28th February 2009]
Click to enlargeNine Arches Viaduct. Leaving Walton towards Crofton on Shay Lane (B6378).
[February 1999]
Click to enlargeView towards Brooklands Estate.
[28th February 2009]
Click to enlargeThorntree Farm, Shay Lane, Walton. [10th January 2009]
Click to enlargeNine Arches Viaduct. Approaching Walton from Crofton along Shay Lane.
[26 Jun 2003]
Click to enlargeA local Metro train crosses Nine Arches Railway Viaduct - on the eastern boundary of Walton. [8th May 2004]
Walton, Eastern Districts - Shay Lane (East), Brooklands, Cherry Tree and Elmwood Estates
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Footpaths and Bridleways
For more information about public rights of way in the Wakefield district, visit the official Wakefield website.

Local Development Framework

Local Development Framework
Find out more about the LDF at Wakefield MDC.


 
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