Knap House Quarry, Birdlip

Knap House Quarry, Birdlip is a 1.80-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site is listed in the 'Cotswold District' Local Plan 2001-2011 as a Key Wildlife Site and a Regionally Important Geological Site.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Witcombe Roman Villa and Brimpsfield Castle.

Great Witcombe Roman Villa

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Great Witcombe Roman Villa was a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain. It is located on a hillside at Great Witcombe, near Gloucester in the English county of Gloucestershire. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument. Great Witcombe Roman Villa is situated 1½ miles west of Knap House Quarry, Birdlip.

Brimpsfield Castle

Archaeological site

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Brimpsfield Castle was a castle in the village of Brimpsfield in the county of Gloucestershire, England, between Gloucester and Cirencester.It is likely that the first castle was built after the Norman invasion. Brimpsfield Castle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Knap House Quarry, Birdlip.

National Star College

College

The National Star College is an independent specialist further education college for people with physical disabilities, acquired brain injuries and associated learning difficulties. National Star College is situated 1½ miles northeast of Knap House Quarry, Birdlip.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birdlip and Great Witcombe.

Birdlip

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birdlip is a village and civil parish, in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty 6 miles south of Cheltenham and 8 miles south east of Gloucester.

Great Witcombe

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Witcombe is a village and civil parish Also was name Wit/ikonge 5 miles south east of Gloucester, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England.

Brimpsfield

Village

Photo: Hugh Llewelyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brimpsfield is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. The village is recorded in Domesday Book as Brimesfelde. Brimpsfield Castle was built in the village during the Norman period. Brimpsfield is situated 1½ miles southeast of Knap House Quarry, Birdlip.

Knap House Quarry, Birdlip

Type: Protected area
Description: Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire
Location: Cowley, Cotswold District, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.83047° or 51° 49′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.11015° or 2° 6′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C3VRVJQ+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 925954149

Wikidata ID

Q6421729

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