Crowsnest Quarry Pond

Crowsnest Quarry Pond is a pond in Coleford, Forest of Dean, England. Crowsnest Quarry Pond is situated near Stowfield quarry, as well as near the forest Blake’s Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Stowfield quarry and Astridge Wood.

Stowfield quarry

Quarry

Photo: Peter Randall-Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stowfield quarry is a limestone quarry in the Forest of Dean about 2 km south of Staunton, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. As well as primary extraction of limestone as aggregates, the quarry crushing plant also produces secondary crushed materials from off-site wastes, such as demolition concrete and road planings, to produce MOT Type 1 and 6F2 / 6F5 materials. Stowfield quarry is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Crowsnest Quarry Pond.

Astridge Wood

Forest

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Astridge Wood is a 19.42-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1985. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site.

Whitecliff Quarry

Quarry

Whitecliff Quarry was a quarry in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was served by the Coleford Railway from 1883 to 1917 and the Severn and Wye Railway from 1917 until its closure in 1976. The quarry was near the town of Coleford. Whitecliff Quarry is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Crowsnest Quarry Pond.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Staunton and Berry Hill.

Staunton

Village

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Staunton is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean in west Gloucestershire, England, close to the border with Wales.

Berry Hill

Village

Photo: Forester, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Berry Hill is a village in Gloucestershire, England, 1.5 miles north of the town of Coleford. Berry Hill includes the settlements of Five Acres to the east, Christchurch in the centre, Shortstanding to the north, and Joyford to the north-east.

Baker’s Hill

Hamlet

Coleford is a market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district.

Crowsnest Quarry Pond

Type: Pond (intermittent)
Category: body of water
Location: Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.79747° or 51° 47′ 51″ north

Longitude

-2.64128° or 2° 38′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C3VQ9W5+XF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1280692020

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

OpenStreetMap attribute

intermittent=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Blake’s Wood and Whitecliff 4x4.

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