Quarries · South Wales
Whitecliff Quarry
Whitecliff Quarry — quarry in Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Philip Halling — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Rookwood · 1.4 km
About
Whitecliff Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "quarry in Gloucestershire, England, UK". Coordinates: 51.7897°, -2.6318°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Wye Valley
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Whitecliff Quarry was a quarry in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was served by the Coleford Railway from 1883 to 1917 and the Severn and Wye Railway from 1917 until its closure in 1976. The quarry was near the town of Coleford.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.7897, -2.6318
- County
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Forest of Dean
- Parish
- Coleford
- Postcode
- GL16 8ND
- Parliamentary constituency
- Forest of Dean
- Nearest railway station
- Rookwood — 1.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q16897641 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Whitecliff Quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Whitecliff Quarry?
- Whitecliff Quarry is in Gloucestershire, South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode GL16 8ND), in the parish of Coleford.
- Is Whitecliff Quarry a protected site?
- Yes — Whitecliff Quarry is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Wye Valley National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Whitecliff Quarry?
- The nearest railway station is Rookwood, about 1.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode GL16 8ND.