Rawdon Road Quarry

Rawdon Road Quarry is a bus stop in Ashby Woulds, North West Leicestershire, England. Rawdon Road Quarry is situated nearby to the railway station Discovery Station, as well as near the forest Maybury Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Donisthorpe Woodland Park and Moira Furnace.

Donisthorpe Woodland Park

Park

Donisthorpe Woodland Park is located on Church Street, Donisthorpe, in North West Leicestershire. Donisthorpe Woodland Park is situated 1 mile south of Rawdon Road Quarry.

Moira Furnace

Industrial building

Photo: MaltaGC, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire District Council as a museum featuring lime kilns and craft workshops. Moira Furnace is situated 3,300 feet south of Rawdon Road Quarry.

Saltersford Wood

Nature reserve

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saltersford Wood or Saltersford Valley is a 5.7-hectare Local Nature Reserve north-west of Measham in Leicestershire. It is owned and managed by Leicestershire County Council, and it part of The National Forest. Saltersford Wood is situated 1½ miles south of Rawdon Road Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moira and Short Heath.

Moira

Village

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Moira is a former mining village about 2.5 miles south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about 3 miles south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire.

Short Heath

Hamlet

Photo: cris sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Short Heath is a hamlet near Overseal, in South Derbyshire. It is on the border with Leicestershire and has a sign where it claims to be the centre of England.