Keates Quarries
Keates Quarries is a quarry in Langton Matravers, Purbeck District, England. Keates Quarries is situated nearby to the paleontological site Spyway Dinosaur Footprints, as well as near the hamlet Acton.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include ROC observation post, Worth Matravers and Spyway Barn.
ROC observation post, Worth Matravers
Bunker
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
ROC observation post, Worth Matravers is a bunker, which is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Keates Quarries.
Spyway Barn
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spyway Barn is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Keates Quarries.
Harman’s Cross railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.
Harman's Cross railway station is a railway station located in the village of Harman's Cross, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is an intermediate station on the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway that currently operates from Swanage to Norden. Harman’s Cross railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of Keates Quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acton and Worth Matravers.
Acton
Hamlet
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Acton is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.
Worth Matravers
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.
Harman’s Cross
Village
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harman's Cross is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is situated on the A351 road between Swanage and Corfe Castle. The village is within the civil parish of Worth Matravers, which is itself within the South Dorset constituency of the House of Commons.
Keates Quarries
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Langton Matravers, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.60365° or 50° 36′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.01945° or 2° 1′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C2VJX3J+F6OpenStreetMap ID
way 265886959OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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