Marsden Quarry
Marsden Quarry is a quarry in South Tyneside, England. Marsden Quarry is situated nearby to the building Marsden lime kilns, as well as near the museum Souter Lighthouse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Souter Lighthouse and Marsden lime kilns.
Souter Lighthouse
Museum
Photo: Glenn Scott, Public domain.
Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn, South Tyneside, England. Souter Point was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. Souter Lighthouse is situated 1,300 feet east of Marsden Quarry.
Marsden lime kilns
Building
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marsden lime kilns is a building, which is situated 930 feet north of Marsden Quarry.
Marsden Rock
Photo: Susan McGinty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marsden Rock is a rock in Tyne and Wear, North East England, situated in Marsden, South Shields. It is overlooked by the Marsden Grotto. The rock is a 90 feet sea stack of Magnesian Limestone which lies approximately 300 feet off the main cliff face.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitburn and Cleadon.
Whitburn
Village
Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitburn is a village in South Tyneside, in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear on the coast of North East England. It is located 3 miles north of the city of Sunderland and 4 miles south of the town of South Shields.
Cleadon
Village
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside in the North East of England. Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the historic County Durham. Cleadon is situated 2 miles southwest of Marsden Quarry.
Harton
Suburb
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harton is a suburban area of South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It was historically a village, however as the urban area grew it merged with its adjacent villages to become part of the town. Harton is situated 2 miles west of Marsden Quarry.
Marsden Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: South Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.97024° or 54° 58′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.37044° or 1° 22′ 14″ westOperator
O’Brien Aggregate LtdOpen location code
9C6WXJCH+3ROpenStreetMap ID
way 430346193OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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