Virgin Academy - Crewe

[d1015fan]

Hi
Does anyone know where the Virgin Acadamy is in crewe where 390033 is to?

 

[The Planner]

On some poxy business park down past the B&Q. Westmere Drive I think it is.

 

[d1015fan]

On some poxy business park down past the B&Q. Westmere Drive I think it is.

thanks, for that.


thursday is the fun of tracking it down

 

[Anvil1984]

I went there back when it had the wooden one, I'll see if I can find it somewhere its not in the glamourous part of Crewe

 

[leedstraindude]

When I did my XC training we were sent there, as they used Tatten House to do there Iris training still in the first year, found it on google maps:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=53.09073,-2.420594&spn=0.001413,0.004128&t=h&z=19

Its actually marked as the South Cheshir Chamber of Commerce????
Goto Street View though you can see the Virgin Sign!

 

[Anvil1984]

Ah when we did IRIS training we used somewhere in the delves of Crewe Station and the wooden Pendo was in some lock up in the middle of an industrial estate

 

[noddy1878]

Is it viewable then?

 

[CheshirePaul]

Yes you can view it from the car park at the back of barclays Bank. From the A534 Crewe Road turn into Electra Way then 1st right in to Westmere drive and Barclays Bank is on your left, turn 1st left just past the bank and there is a car park behind it where you can see it from.

Hope this helps

 

[d1015fan]

Yes you can view it from the car park at the back of barclays Bank. From the A534 Crewe Road turn into Electra Way then 1st right in to Westmere drive and Barclays Bank is on your left, turn 1st left just past the bank and there is a car park behind it where you can see it from.

Hope this helps

well in crewe on thursday around 12 searching for it

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Is 390 033 photographable from the car park? Is that where that picture in the link was taken from?

 

[46100ROYALSCOT]

Is 390 033 photographable from the car park? Is that where that picture in the link was taken from?

If you referring to picture I took the other Sunday then its viewable and very photo-able from the car park.
John aka royalscot

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Cheers... and from looking at Google maps it's only a few minutes walk from Crewe?

390 033 is on my photo hit list, although at least I did get it for haulage...

 

[noddy1878]

Yes you can view it from the car park at the back of barclays Bank. From the A534 Crewe Road turn into Electra Way then 1st right in to Westmere drive and Barclays Bank is on your left, turn 1st left just past the bank and there is a car park behind it where you can see it from.

Hope this helps

Thanks. Will be with d1015fan on the hunt for it tomorrow.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Where's the photo of it gone?

 

[noddy1878]

Where's the photo of it gone?

Well we saw it! Easy to get to but was incredibly icy on the footpaths today from Crewe station! Will post picture tomorrow once I'm home.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Can I ask what the walking time was? I'm wondering about doing it very quickly by taxi straight there - click click - straight back, because if I do go this coming week ( weather permitting ) I am planning to stop off in Birmingham on the way back to try to get my last Midland Metro tram photo and hopefully get 139 001 for haulage and photo as well, so even saving just ¼ an hour might make an hour's difference with daylight later on...

 

[46100ROYALSCOT]

Can I ask what the walking time was? I'm wondering about doing it very quickly by taxi straight there - click click - straight back, because if I do go this coming week ( weather permitting ) I am planning to stop off in Birmingham on the way back to try to get my last Midland Metro tram photo and hopefully get 139 001 for haulage and photo as well, so even saving just ¼ an hour might make an hour's difference with daylight later on...

If you are traveling by taxi I would think you could get there take some picture and be back at Crewe station comfortably within 30 minutes. Walking time I would allow 15 minutes each way, I was driving
John aka royalscot

 

[d1015fan]

If you are traveling by taxi I would think you could get there take some picture and be back at Crewe station comfortably within 30 minutes. Walking time I would allow 15 minutes each way, I was driving
John aka royalscot

took us a little longer as was icy all the way. i would say a 10 mins walk there but once you know the way there you would be back within 10 minutes back,

once you get there you can get nice and close to it for a photo

 

[noddy1878]

took us a little longer as was icy all the way. i would say a 10 mins walk there but once you know the way there you would be back within 10 minutes back,

once you get there you can get nice and close to it for a photo

It was very icy! But we managed to get this close

 

[Peter Mugridge]

No uniforms shouting "Oi!" anywhere?

 

[d1015fan]

oddly enough no one bothered. but their car park was icy so maybe they couldn't be bothered. a couple people were by the back entrance but no one said nothing. maybe they are used to random people turning up to see it.

 

[voyagerdude220]

I can confirm it's an easy 10-15 min walk between Crewe & Tatton House.

It's where I came extremely close to being offered the chance to become an onboard CSA at the end of June, but very narrowly missed out.

Do they also have the driver simulator there?

 

[d1015fan]

i am pretty sure it where the 2x221 and 1x390 simulators are as well, in Tatton House that is. I think one is called Doris and one called Iris and can't remember the nameof the other but maybe wrong on them both.

They have preserved two good bits drivers cab and first class (coach K) and Coach C witht the shop and train managers office