Chinnor Quarry 1

Chinnor Quarry 1 is a lake in Chinnor, South Oxfordshire District, England. Access is restricted and requires permission. Chinnor Quarry 1 is situated nearby to the locality Oakley, as well as near the hamlet Hempton Wainhill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chiltern Hills and Oakley Hill nature reserve.

Chiltern Hills

Photo: Simon Q, CC BY 2.0.

The Chiltern Hills span the area between Wessex in the South West and Hitchin in Hertfordshire - across much of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. These rolling hills feature swathes of habitat-rich grassland, broken up by ancient beech, ash and box woodland.

Oakley Hill nature reserve

Nature reserve

Oakley Hill is a 13-hectare nature reserve south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire, England. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

Chinnor railway station

Railway station

Photo: Alan Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chinnor railway station in Oxfordshire is on the line of the former Watlington and Princes Risborough Railway. The station was reopened by the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Association in 1994 after a period of disuse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Princes Risborough and Chinnor.

Princes Risborough

Photo: Gatvol00, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Princes Risborough is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England; it is located about 8 miles south of Aylesbury, 9 miles northwest of High Wycombe, and 7 miles south of Thame.

Chinnor

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chinnor is a large village and civil parish in South Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles southeast of Thame and close to the border with Buckinghamshire.

Stokenchurch

Village

Photo: David Ellis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stokenchurch is a village and civil parish in south-west Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, about 3 miles south of Chinnor in Oxfordshire and 6 miles west of High Wycombe.

Chinnor Quarry 1

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Chinnor, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.695° or 51° 41′ 42″ north

Longitude

-0.9037° or 0° 54′ 13″ west

Open location code

9C3XM3VW+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 114806628

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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Localities in the Area

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