Old Clay Pit

Old Clay Pit is a quarry in Fewston, Harrogate District, England. Old Clay Pit is situated nearby to the military installation Network Control Station Forest Moor, as well as near the forest Kent’s Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fewston Reservoir and RAF Menwith Hill.

Fewston Reservoir

Reservoir

Fewston Reservoir is located in the Washburn valley north of Otley and west of Harrogate in Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1879. The capacity is about 3.5 million cubic metres.

RAF Menwith Hill

Military installation

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Royal Air Force Menwith Hill is a Royal Air Force station near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, which provides communications and intelligence support services to the United Kingdom and the United States. RAF Menwith Hill is situated 1½ miles east of Old Clay Pit.

St Michael and St Lawrence’s Church, Fewston

Church

Photo: Malcolm Street, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Michael and St Lawrence's Church is an Anglican church in Fewston, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. A church was first built in Fewston in the 12th century, and the mediaeval tower survives. St Michael and St Lawrence’s Church, Fewston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Clay Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blubberhouses and Thornthwaite.

Blubberhouses

Village

Photo: Technica Vita, CC BY 2.0.

Blubberhouses is a small village and civil parish in the Washburn Valley in North Yorkshire, England. The population as at the 2011 Census was less than 100, so details were included in the civil parish of Fewston.

Thornthwaite

Hamlet

Photo: Malcolm Street, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thornthwaite is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in the valley of Padside Beck, a side valley on the south side of Nidderdale, 9 miles west of Harrogate. Thornthwaite is situated 1½ miles north of Old Clay Pit.

Fewston

Hamlet

Fewston is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated north of Otley and close to Swinsty and Fewston reservoirs. St Michael and St Lawrence's Church, Fewston mostly dates from 1697, although the tower was built in the 14th century. Fewston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Clay Pit.

Old Clay Pit

Type: Body of water
Categories: quarry and historic site
Location: Fewston, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.00329° or 54° 0′ 12″ north

Longitude

-1.72672° or 1° 43′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C6W273F+88

OpenStreetMap ID

way 241614730

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

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