We end the series of images where the red color is clearly noticeable.
While a stained glass window in Chester Cathedral in Chester, England has many colors, the red color is predominant.
Red in Stained Glass Window
Red in Stained Glass Window
Category Archives: England
Red Beach Hut
A beach hut (also known as a beach cabin, beach box or bathing box) is a small, usually wooden and often brightly colored, box above the high tide mark on popular bathing beaches.
This image is from a beach in England where the red hut stands out among other colored beach boxes.
Red Changing House
Red Umbrellas
In this photo of a colorful beach shop in an English town, the red colored umbrellas draw attention.
Red Umbrellas at a Beach Shop
Red Beak
The Black Swan, as its name suggests, is mostly dark purplish-black, but the bright red bill or beak noticeably adds color to the bird. This swan is a regional symbol of the English town of Dawlish.
Red Beaks of Dawlish Black Swans
Woman in Red
The Shambles Market in York, England attracts numerous people to shop. The woman in a red coat stands out in this image.
Standing Out in a Market
Red Color Overpowers
While the Tower Bridge in London is famous and most often visited, the red colored water boat and red object above the clock are eye-catching in this image.
Overpowering Tower Bridge
Red London Buses
Double-decker buses were popularized in Great Britain at the start of the 20th century and today the best-known example is the red London bus, namely the AEC Routemaster. By the mid-1920s there were about 20 different companies with buses driving all over the city. The largest of these businesses, The London General Omnibus Company (LGOC), sought to differentiate from their competition and painted their buses bright red.
While the building in this photo has a traditional design, the red bus strikingly adds color to the image.
Adding Red to English Architecture
Red Color in England
In England, red is associated with many culturally significant objects, including: Traditional telephone boxes, London buses, The Red Arrows, and the uniforms of Beefeaters and other royal guards.
Here are images of red colored uniforms of royal guards and a traditional telephone box. While the red box doesn’t have traditional telephones, it has first aid equipment so it can be clearly visible.
Guards in Red
Red Telephone Booth
Park Your Bike and Pull Up a Chair
A small town spirit in England is captured in this monochrome image with a table and two chairs for patrons coming on a bicycle to a quaint tea shop
Park Your Bike and Pull Up a Chair
Water Staircase
Aysgarth Falls are a triple flight of waterfalls, surrounded by woodland and farmland, carved out by the River Ure over an almost one-mile stretch on its descent to mid-Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales of England, near the village of Aysgarth. One could see the natural formation of “stairs” for water to flow through the river.
Tower Bridge London
Tower Bridge is a drawbridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. It allows ships through the bridge deck when is raised at an angle in the center. This bridge is well photographed and the red double decker bus adds to this image.
Memories of England
We end our series on images from England – York, Peak District, Yorkshire Dales and Chester. Hope you enjoyed the series.
Bandstand on River Dee, Chester
Brass bands and Jazz bands hold concerts at the Bandstand on River Dee in Chester on Sunday afternoons in the Summer. There is park bench seating in front of the Bandstand for about fifty people and standing room on the street in front.
Boats near Old Dee Bridge
River Dee is 70 miles long and stretches through Wales and Chester. On the bank of the river is the ‘Groves’, a paved promenade complete with bandstand, cafés, restaurants and public houses. Chester’s River Dee has phenomenal wildlife and all sorts of activities from river cruises, kayaking, canoeing, nature spotting tours, stand up paddleboarding, white water rafting and boats for hire.
Queens Park Bridge, Chester
A landmark feature of Chester, The Queens Park Bridge is a wonderful looking bridge that spans the beautiful River Dee. The Queen’s Park Suspension Bridge connects The Groves with the affluent Queen’s Park area of Chester.
University of Chester
Located within the lively city center of Chester and overlooking the River Dee, the University of Chester took ownership of the former County Hall in Chester in 2010 and transformed it into the Riverside Campus building.
Church in Chester
While Chester Cathedral attracts most tourist attention, Chester also has some traditional churches that are quite attractive.
Artifacts at Chester Cathedral
Stone mosaics were on display inside Chester Cathedral, Chester, England.
The Chester Mystery Plays form a spectacular festival presented mainly by members of the local community under professional direction. Artist B J Elvgren’s charming focus on Chester Mystery Plays and the city itself made the tapestry a US national prize-winner before the Chester Mystery Plays company acquired it to present to Chester Cathedral in 1997, since when it has been seen by thousands of people.
Chester Cathedral Arches
Chester Cathedral features high arches and stained glass windows reflecting its ancient architecture.
Art on Glass Windows
In Chester Cathedral, there are 34 windows in the cloister with 130 lights (sub-division of a window). Each window has at least one memorial and 147 local people are remembered in this way. Here are some examples. Art on glass is also depicted in other scenes such as the galleon below.
