KIt Hill Quarry

KIt Hill Quarry is in Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England. KIt Hill Quarry is situated near the ruins Wheelpit, as well as near the heath Kit Hill Country Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Kit Hill and St Mary’s Church.

Kit Hill

Peak

Photo: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kit Hill, at 334 metres high, dominates the area between Callington and the River Tamar in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. The word 'Kit' comes from Old English for kite, a reference to birds of prey.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Lobsterthermidor, CC0.

St Mary's Church, Callington is a Grade I listed parish church in Callington, Cornwall, England. The present building was consecrated in 1438 on the site of an earlier chapel and was enlarged in the 15th century, with restoration in the 19th century, including work by J.P. St Mary’s Church is situated 1½ miles southwest of KIt Hill Quarry.

Callington Community College

School

Callington Community College is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, in Callington Cornwall. The school was established between 1911 and 1914 on Launceston Road as a council building, with parts of that building still in use. Callington Community College is situated 1¼ miles southwest of KIt Hill Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelly Bray and Old Mill.

Kelly Bray

Village

Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kelly Bray is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile north of Callington, immediately west of Kit Hill in a former mining area.

Old Mill

Hamlet

Old Mill is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, England.

Luckett

Hamlet

Photo: Kevin Hale, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Luckett is a hamlet in east Cornwall, England. It is situated in a former mining area beside the River Tamar approximately three miles north of Callington.

KIt Hill Quarry

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Stokeclimsland, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.5228° or 50° 31′ 22″ north

Longitude

-4.29447° or 4° 17′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C2QGPF4+46

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7159196958

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wheelpit and Kit Hill Country Park.

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Places to explore: Car Park and Louis Tea Rooms.

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