old chalk pit
old chalk pit is a quarry in Foxholes, Ryedale District, England. old chalk pit is situated nearby to the village Wold Newton, as well as near the hamlet Fordon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St James and RRH Staxton Wold.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 2 miles east of old chalk pit.
RRH Staxton Wold
Military installation
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. RRH Staxton Wold is situated 2½ miles north of old chalk pit.
St Nicholas’ Church, Butterwick
Church
Photo: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican church in Butterwick, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was first mentioned in about 1130, at which time it was a chapel of ease of St Mary's Church, Foxholes. St Nicholas’ Church, Butterwick is situated 2½ miles southwest of old chalk pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wold Newton and Fordon.
Wold Newton
Village
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wold Newton is a small Yorkshire Wolds village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 9 miles south of Scarborough and 9 miles north-west of Bridlington. Wold Newton is situated 1½ miles east of old chalk pit.
Fordon
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fordon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wold Newton, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire. Fordon is situated 2 miles east of old chalk pit.
Butterwick
Hamlet
Photo: Nigelcoates, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Butterwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Foxholes (1.75 miles to the east, near the village of Weaverthorpe, in North Yorkshire, England. Butterwick is situated 2½ miles southwest of old chalk pit.
old chalk pit
- Type: Quarry
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Foxholes, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1517° or 54° 9′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.43902° or 0° 26′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C6X5H26+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1574271284OpenStreetMap feature
historic=quarry
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