Bixhead Quarry (Disused)
Bixhead Quarry (Disused) is a quarry in Coleford, Forest of Dean, England. Bixhead Quarry (Disused) is situated nearby to the cave Bixhead Stone Mine, as well as near Forest Penant Stone Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Puzzlewood and Coleford Great Western Railway Museum.
Puzzlewood
Forest
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier. Puzzlewood is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bixhead Quarry (Disused).
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is a railway museum located in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. The museum was founded in 1988. Based in the former GWR Goods Shed along the Coleford Railway. Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is situated 1¼ miles west of Bixhead Quarry (Disused).
Perrygrove Railway
Perrygrove Railway is a minimum-gauge railway of 15 in gauge. It is located at Perrygrove Farm in the Forest of Dean, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. Perrygrove Railway is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Bixhead Quarry (Disused).Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coalway and Broadwell.
Coalway
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coalway is a village in the West Forest of Dean region of Gloucestershire, England, approximately one mile south-east of the town of Coleford. Within the civil parish of Coleford, the village is just south of the village of Broadwell.
Broadwell
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broadwell is a village about 1 mile east of Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. It is at the western edge of the Forest of Dean, in the civil parish of Coleford, which is also its post town. The village of Mile End is to the north and Coalway is to the south.
Wimberry Quarries
Locality
Photo: Wsiegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wimberry Quarries is a 2-hectare nature reserve in Gloucestershire in the Forest of Dean. The site is held under agreement with the Forestry Commission. The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site.
Bixhead Quarry (Disused)
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Coleford, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.79586° or 51° 47′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.58733° or 2° 35′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C3VQCW7+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 214845491OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
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