quarry
quarry is a cliff in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. quarry is situated nearby to the park Bulwarks Prehistoric Enclosure, as well as near Strongbow Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chepstow Castle and Chepstow railway station.
Chepstow Castle
Photo: eszgé, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chepstow Castle at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain. Located above cliffs on the River Wye, construction began in 1067 under the instruction of the Norman Lord William FitzOsbern. Chepstow Castle is situated 4,000 feet north of quarry.
Chepstow railway station
Railway station
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chepstow railway station is a part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Transport for Wales. Chepstow station is on the Gloucester to Newport Line, 141 miles 33 chains from the zero point at Paddington, measured via Stroud. Chepstow railway station is situated 2,400 feet north of quarry.
Chepstow Town Gate
City gate
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Town Gate at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, known locally as the Town Arch, was historically the only landward entrance to the town through the Port Wall, and a point where tolls for those resorting to the town and its market were collected. Chepstow Town Gate is situated 3,100 feet northwest of quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chepstow and Sedbury.
Chepstow
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Chepstow is an ancient market town and former port situated on the River Wye in South Wales a short distance upstream from where the Wye and Severn rivers merge.
Sedbury
Village
Photo: Steve F, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sedbury is a village in the Forest of Dean district of west Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the eastern bank of the River Wye, facing the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire.
Beachley
Hamlet
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Beachley is a village in Gloucestershire, England, near the border with Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located on a peninsula at the confluence of the rivers Wye and Severn, where the Severn Bridge ends and the smaller secondary bridge over the River Wye begins, both bridges carrying the M48 motorway between England and Wales though the motorway is not directly accessible from the village.
quarry
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.63349° or 51° 38′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.67037° or 2° 40′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C3VJ8MH+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 7235476995OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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