Shillingstone Quarry
Shillingstone Quarry SSSI, Dorset is an 8.13 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England, notified in 1995.Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of the Holy Rood and St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine.
Church of the Holy Rood
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Rood is situated 1 mile north of Shillingstone Quarry.
St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, and in the Diocese of Salisbury. It is in the Okeford Benefice, a group of four parishes in the Blackmore Vale. St Andrew’s Church, Okeford Fitzpaine is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Shillingstone Quarry.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles south of Shillingstone Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turnworth and Belchalwell Street.
Turnworth
Village
Photo: Bashereyre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Turnworth is a small village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on the Dorset Downs five miles west of Blandford Forum. It consists of a few cottages and farmhouses scattered around a church and manor house.
Belchalwell Street
Hamlet
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belchalwell Street is a village in Dorset, England, at the foot of Bell Hill, generally included in the village of Belchalwell. Belchalwell Street is situated 1½ miles west of Shillingstone Quarry.
Child Okeford
Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Child Okeford is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village. Child Okeford is situated 2 miles north of Shillingstone Quarry.
Shillingstone Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Description: chalk quarry now a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England
- Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest, chalk quarry, and industry
- Location: Shillingstone, North Dorset District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.88731° or 50° 53′ 14″ northLongitude
-2.25242° or 2° 15′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C2VVPPX+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 132376154OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q7496675
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