Westwood Quarry

Westwood Quarry is a 0.07 hectares geological site of Special Scientific Interest west of Watford in Hertfordshire. It was notified in 1987 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include York House School and The King’s Head Public House.

York House School

School

Croxley Green is both a village and a suburb of Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. It is also a civil parish. Located on the A412 between Watford to the northeast and Rickmansworth to the southwest, it is approximately 20 miles northwest of central London. York House School is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Westwood Quarry.

The King’s Head Public House

Pub

Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The King’s Head Public House is situated 1 mile northeast of Westwood Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langleybury and Hunton Bridge.

Langleybury

Hamlet

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langleybury is a country house and estate in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, about 3 miles northwest of the centre of the town of Watford. The house stands on a low hill above the valley of the River Gade.

Hunton Bridge

Hamlet

Hunton Bridge is a small settlement near Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, England, with a historic royal connection. Its population in the 1991 Census was 327.

Cassiobury

Quarter

Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Cassiobury Estate is a suburban residential area of Watford in Hertfordshire, England. It is bounded to the south by Cassiobury Park, the main public park in the town, to the west by playing fields next to the River Gade, and to the northeast by Hempstead Road.

Westwood Quarry

Type: Quarry
Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest and industry
Location: Sarratt, Three Rivers District, Hertfordshire, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.67912° or 51° 40′ 45″ north

Longitude

-0.4477° or 0° 26′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C3XMHH2+JW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 217558594

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

Wikidata ID

Q7989912

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