Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve

Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve is a nature reserve in , . Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portland Castle and Portland Museum.

Castle
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the , , between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage.

Museum
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is a on the in , southern England. It is located at the southern end of the hamlet of . The museum is housed in two 17th-century thatched cottages, which have both been Grade II Listed since 1951.

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The is a former 19th-century gun battery on the in , England. Situated close to the , the battery is Grade II Listed, and forms part of the citadel's scheduled monument status.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isle of Portland and Easton.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portland is a town in , a county on the south coast of the , in . Portland is actually an island, even though it is linked to the mainland by Chesil Beach, as Chesil Beach is a shoal beach.

Village
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is a village on the in , . The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, , including the settlements Reforne and Straits, has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.

Village
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is a in Underhill on the , in , England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where connects the island to the mainland.

Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve

Latitude
50.5472° or 50° 32′ 50″ north
Longitude
-2.4284° or 2° 25′ 42″ west
Open location code
9C2VGHWC+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146915312
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­scrub
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