Callow Rock quarry
Callow Rock quarry is a limestone quarry located in Shipham Gorge between Cheddar and Shipham on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The quarry has been operating since the early 20th century primarily as a Lime quarry producing a quality product of high purity for the chemical industry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: limestone quarry in Cheddar, Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Callow Rock Quarry”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheddar Wood and Mendips Raceway.
Cheddar Wood
Forest
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheddar Wood is an 86.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Cheddar in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1967. Cheddar Wood and the smaller Macall's Wood near Cheddar Gorge are what remains of the wood of the Bishops of Bath and Wells in the thirteenth century and of King Edmund the Magnificent's wood in the tenth.
Mendips Raceway
Stadium
Mendips Raceway is a motorsport venue in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is located on the rim of Batts Combe quarry between Shipham and Charterhouse. Mendips Raceway is situated 1 mile east of Callow Rock quarry.
St Leonard’s
Church
Photo: Guy Wareham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Leonard’s is a church, which is situated 1 mile north of Callow Rock quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Axbridge and Rowberrow.
Axbridge
Town
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. Its population according to the 2011 census was 2,057.
Rowberrow
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Rowberrow is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shipham in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.
Winscombe
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Winscombe is a large village in the North Somerset unitary district of Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, 7 miles southeast of Weston-super-Mare and 14 miles southwest of Bristol. Winscombe is situated 2 miles northwest of Callow Rock quarry.
Callow Rock quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Callow Rock quarry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Callow Rock”
- Swedish: “Callow Rock”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Longbottom and Shipham.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Lilypool Farm and Cheddar Woods Holiday Park.
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