Chalk Pit

Chalk Pit is a quarry in Newtimber, Mid Sussex District, England. Chalk Pit is situated nearby to the nature reserve Round Hill, as well as near the forest Ashen Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include South Downs and Wolstonbury Hill.

South Downs

Photo: wildlife encounters, CC BY 2.0.

The South Downs is a national park in South East England. The park comprises an area of chalk upland which stretches from Winchester in Hampshire, through West Sussex to Eastbourne in East Sussex.

Wolstonbury Hill is a 58.9-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of in West Sussex, within South Downs National Park. It is owned by the National Trust and part of it is a Scheduled Monument.

Star House

House

Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Star House is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Chalk Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poynings and Clayton.

Poynings

Village

Photo: Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.

Poynings is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The parish lies wholly with the South Downs National Park. To its south is Brighton and Hove, to its west is Fulking parish, to its east is Newtimber parish and to its north is Albourne parish.

Clayton

Village

Photo: Cupcakekid, CC BY 2.5.

Clayton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hassocks, in the Mid Sussex district, in the county of West Sussex, England. It lies at the foot of the South Downs, 41 miles south of London, 6 miles north of Brighton, and 28 miles east northeast of the county town of Chichester.

Hurstpierpoint

Village

Photo: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hurstpierpoint is a village in the Mid Sussex district, in the county of West Sussex, England, 4 miles southwest of Burgess Hill, 1.5 miles west of Hassocks railway station, and 40 miles south of London. Hurstpierpoint is situated 1½ miles north of Chalk Pit.

Chalk Pit

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Newtimber, Mid Sussex District, West Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.90877° or 50° 54′ 32″ north

Longitude

-0.18474° or 0° 11′ 5″ west

Open location code

9C2XWR58+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 35070626

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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