Old Slate Quarry
Old Slate Quarry is in Swithland, Charnwood District, England. Old Slate Quarry is situated nearby to Swithland Meadow, as well as near the forest Stocking Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swithland Wood and The Brand and Church of St Paul.
Swithland Wood and The Brand
Park
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Swithland Wood and The Brand is a 87.9 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire. Swithland Wood is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade II. Swithland Wood and The Brand is situated 2,600 feet south of Old Slate Quarry.
Church of St Paul
Church
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Church of St Paul is situated 3,900 feet northwest of Old Slate Quarry.
Church of St Leonard
Church
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Church of St Leonard is situated 1 mile east of Old Slate Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Woodhouse Eaves and Cropston.
Woodhouse Eaves
Village
Woodhouse Eaves is a village in the Borough of Charnwood, Leicestershire, England. Nearby are the villages of Quorn, Swithland, and Newtown Linford. Breakback Road leads from the village to Nanpantan and Loughborough.
Cropston
Village
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Cropston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Thurcaston and Cropston, part of the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Cropston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Slate Quarry.
Quorn
Village
Photo: Mat Fascione, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quorn is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England, near the university town of Loughborough. Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, Quarndon, in neighbouring Derbyshire. Quorn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Old Slate Quarry.
Old Slate Quarry
Latitude
52.71308° or 52° 42′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.20441° or 1° 12′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C4WPQ7W+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 353781613OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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