Ketton Quarries
Ketton Quarries is a 115.6-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Ketton in Rutland. It is a Geological Conservation Review site, and an area of 27.5 hectares is managed by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.Photo: Dudley Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: protected area in Rutland, England
- Also known as: “Ketton Quarry”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ketton Cement Works and Rutland Roman villa.
Ketton Cement Works
Factory
Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ketton Cement Works is a large cement plant and quarry based in the village of Ketton in the county of Rutland in the United Kingdom. Now owned by HeidelbergCement, the plant produces around one tenth of the UK's Portland Cement needs. Ketton Cement Works is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Ketton Quarries.
Rutland Roman villa
Archaeological site
The Rutland Roman villa is a Romano-British villa site near Ketton in Rutland, England. The site was listed as a scheduled monument by Historic England on 23 November 2021. Rutland Roman villa is situated 2 miles south of Ketton Quarries.
St Peter’s Church, Tickencote
Church
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church, Tickencote is a Church of England parish church in Tickencote, Rutland. Apart from the chancel arch and the sexpartite vaulting in the chancel, which are Norman and date from the mid 12th century, the building was rebuilt in 1792 at the expense of Miss Eliza Wingfield by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell. St Peter’s Church, Tickencote is situated 2½ miles northeast of Ketton Quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Empingham and Tickencote.
Empingham
Village
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Rutland Water area is in the county of Rutland and consists of a number of small villages and the lake. Empingham is situated 2 miles northwest of Ketton Quarries.
Tickencote
Village
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tickencote is a small village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is noted for St Peter's Church, with its Norman chancel arch. Tickencote is situated 2½ miles northeast of Ketton Quarries.
South Luffenham
Village
South Luffenham is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 470 in 2021 increasing from 455 at the 2011 census. South Luffenham is situated 3 miles southwest of Ketton Quarries.
Ketton Quarries
- Category: industry
- Location: Ketton, Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64429° or 52° 38′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.56369° or 0° 33′ 49″ westOperator
HeidelbergCementOpen location code
9C4XJCVP+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 305715061OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q42851169
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