Old Burghclere Lime Quarry

Old Burghclere Lime Quarry is a nature reserve in Burghclere, Basingstoke and Deane, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Old Burghclere Lime Quarry is situated nearby to the hamlet Sydmonton, as well as near the locality Black Valley.

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Nature reserve

Places of Interest

Highlights include Highclere Castle and Sydmonton Court.

Highclere Castle

Castle

Highclere Castle

Photo: Dgbtigger123, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Highclere Castle is a Grade I listed country house built in 1679 and largely renovated during the 1840s, with a park designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century.

Sydmonton Court

Manor estate

Sydmonton Court

Photo: Daemonickangaroo2018, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sydmonton Court is an English country house in Hampshire. Built and developed over the centuries, it is surrounded by a 5,000 acre estate, in the parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green, near Watership Down.

Beacon Hill

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Zzapper, CC BY 3.0.

Beacon Hill is near the village of Burghclere and Watership Down, in north Hampshire. The hill's name is derived from the fact that it was one of many Beacon Hills in England and beyond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Litchfield and Sydmonton.

Litchfield

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Litchfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Litchfield and Woodcott, in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England.

Sydmonton

Hamlet

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sydmonton is a small village, estate and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green, in the Basingstoke and Deane district of Hampshire, England.

Watership Down

Locality

Photo: Loganberry, Public domain.

Watership Down is a hill or a down at Ecchinswell in the civil parish of Ecchinswell, Sydmonton and Bishops Green in the English county of Hampshire, as part of the Hampshire Downs.

Old Burghclere Lime Quarry

Category: recreation area
Location: Burghclere, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3126° or 51° 18′ 45″ north

Longitude

-1.3247° or 1° 19′ 29″ west

Operator

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trusts

Open location code

9C3W8M7G+24

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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