Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve
Broadcroft Quarry is an active stone quarry and part butterfly nature reserve located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located towards the eastern side of the island, where it lies to the east of the village Easton and close to The Grove village.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rufus Castle and Portland Castle.
Rufus Castle
Castle
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rufus Castle, also known as Bow and Arrow Castle, is a partially ruined Blockhouse overlooking Church Ope Cove on Portland, England. The names "Rufus Castle" and "Bow and Arrow Castle" have been widely used since the late 18th Century.
Portland Castle
Castle
Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, 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.
Portland Museum
Museum
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portland Museum is a museum on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, southern England. It is located at the southern end of the hamlet of Wakeham. The museum is housed in two 17th-century thatched cottages, which have both been Grade II Listed since 1951.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isle of Portland and Easton.
Isle of Portland
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portland is a town in Dorset, a county on the south coast of the West Country, in England. Portland is actually an island, even though it is linked to the mainland by Chesil Beach, as Chesil Beach is a shoal beach.
Easton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easton is a village on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, Easton, including the settlements Reforne and Straits, has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.
Fortuneswell
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortuneswell is a village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where Chesil Beach connects the island to the mainland.
Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: recreation area and shrubland
- Location: Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.5472° or 50° 32′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.4284° or 2° 25′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C2VGHWC+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 146915312OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrub
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