Ketley Claypit
Ketley Claypit is a 13.7 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1990 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is located in Kingswinford.Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dudley, West Midlands, England
- Also known as: “Ketley Clay Pit”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crestwood School and Old Court House Public House.
Crestwood School
School
The Crestwood School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. It is an 11-16 comprehensive school with over 900 students. Crestwood School is situated 2,000 feet south of Ketley Claypit.
Old Court House Public House
Guest house
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Court House Public House is a guest house, which is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Ketley Claypit.
Pensnett High School
School
Pensnett High School was a secondary school located in the Pensnett area of the Dudley Metropolitan Borough, in the West Midlands of England. There were around 150 pupils aged 14–16 on the school roll before closure. Pensnett High School is situated 2,700 feet east of Ketley Claypit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bromley and Kingswinford.
Bromley
Village
Bromley is a residential area of Kingswinford, West Midlands, England. It was a rural area for many centuries, mostly consisting of farmland, but since the Second World War has been extensively developed for upmarket private housing.
Kingswinford
Village
Photo: Roger Kidd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingswinford is a town of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the English West Midlands, situated 5 miles west-southwest of central Dudley, bordering the South Staffordshire district.
Pensnett
Suburb
Pensnett is a village of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands County, England, 2 miles south-west of Dudley. Pensnett has been a part of Dudley since 1966, when the Brierley Hill Urban District, of which it was a part, was absorbed into the County Borough of Dudley, later the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley from 1974.
Ketley Claypit
- Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest, clay pit, and industry
- Location: Dudley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.49714° or 52° 29′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.15227° or 2° 9′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C4VFRWX+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 152971146OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q14995467
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