Ketley Quarry SSSI/ Black Country Geosite
Ketley Quarry SSSI/ Black Country Geosite is a nature reserve in Dudley, England. Ketley Quarry SSSI/ Black Country Geosite is situated nearby to the hamlet Tansey Green, as well as near the village Bromley.Places of Interest
Highlights include Holbeche House and Russells Hall Hospital.
Holbeche House
Historic house
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holbeche House is a mansion located approximately 1 mile north of Kingswinford, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley but historically in Staffordshire. Some members of the Gunpowder Plot were either killed or captured at Holbeche House in 1605.
Russells Hall Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Russells Hall Hospital is an NHS general hospital located in Dudley, West Midlands, England, managed by the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is south-west of the town centre on the A4101 road, which connects to the Kingswinford area of the borough.
Fens Pools
Lake
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fens Pools is a 37.6 hectares biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1989. under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is currently managed by the Country Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stourbridge and Kingswinford.
Stourbridge
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stourbridge is a small, historic town in the borough of Dudley in the West Midlands. It is located on the south-western edge of the conurbation of industrial towns known as the Black Country.
Kingswinford
Village
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated 5 miles west-southwest of central Dudley, bordering the South Staffordshire district.
Brierley Hill
Town
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England. It is located three miles south of Dudley and one mile north of Stourbridge.
Ketley Quarry SSSI/ Black Country Geosite
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Dudley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.5001° or 52° 30′ 0″ northLongitude
-2.1507° or 2° 9′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C4VGR2X+2POpenStreetMap ID
way 1240802111OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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