Wellacre Quarry

Wellacre Quarry is a 12.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. It is within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the site was formerly known as Blockley Station Brickworks.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Paxford Mission Church and Paxford War Memorial.

Paxford Mission Church

Church

Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Paxford Mission Church is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Wellacre Quarry.

Paxford War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Paxford War Memorial is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Wellacre Quarry.

Village Hall

Community center

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Village Hall is a community center, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wellacre Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Draycott and Broad Campden.

Draycott

Hamlet

Photo: Michael Dibb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Draycott is a small hamlet in north Gloucestershire between Moreton-in-Marsh and Blockley, within Blockley civil parish. It is not mentioned in Domesday Book but was in existence by 1182.

Broad Campden

Village

Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Broad Campden is a small village in Gloucestershire, England, with a church and pub, and notable for its beauty and fine walking trails.

Aston Magna

Village

Photo: andrew auger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Aston Magna is a village located off Fosse Way in north Gloucestershire, England, between Moreton-in-Marsh and Shipston-on-Stour. It forms part of the civil parish of Blockley and the Church of England parish of Blockley with Aston Magna in the diocese of Gloucester.

Wellacre Quarry

Type: Quarry
Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
Categories: protected area and industry
Location: Blockley, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.03173° or 52° 1′ 54″ north

Longitude

-1.73957° or 1° 44′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C4W27J6+M5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 136884100

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

Wikidata ID

Q7981140

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