Eye Gravel Pit
Eye Gravel Pit is a quarry in Eye, Peterborough, England. Eye Gravel Pit is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Eyebury Coppice, as well as near Eye Green Local Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flag Fen and Eye Green Local Nature Reserve.
Flag Fen
Archaeological site
Photo: Kev747, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Flag Fen, east of Peterborough, England, is a Bronze Age site which was constructed about 3,500 years ago and consists of more than 60,000 timbers arranged in five very long rows, creating a wooden causeway across the wet fenland. Flag Fen is situated 1½ miles southwest of Eye Gravel Pit.
Eye Green Local Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eye Green Local Nature Reserve is a 12 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Eye Green in Cambridgeshire. It was managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire until September 2016, when management was transferred to its owner, Peterborough City Council.
Must Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Dr. Colleen Morgan, CC BY 2.0.
Must Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudden destruction by catastrophic fire and subsequent collapse onto oxygen-depleted river silts. Must Farm is situated 2½ miles south of Eye Gravel Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eye and Eye Green.
Eye
Village
Photo: Kev747, Public domain.
Eye is a village in the unitary authority area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The village is 3.8 miles west of Thorney and 4.5 miles south of Crowland, both known for their historic abbeys.
Eye Green
Hamlet
Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eye Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Eye, in the unitary authority area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies north of Eye and south of Crowland. Eye Green is situated 1½ miles north of Eye Gravel Pit.
Dogsthorpe
Suburb
Photo: Jay Haywood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dogsthorpe is a residential area and electoral ward of the city of Peterborough, in the Peterborough district, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Dogsthorpe is situated 2 miles west of Eye Gravel Pit.
Eye Gravel Pit
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Eye, Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.59638° or 52° 35′ 47″ northLongitude
-0.17542° or 0° 10′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C4XHRWF+GROpenStreetMap ID
way 386795883OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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