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.Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake and Brimpsfield Castle.
Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake
Protected area
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake is a 56.8-hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974. The site lies within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake is situated 1¼ miles north of Knap House Quarry, Birdlip.
Brimpsfield Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield
Protected area
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield is a 1.13-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1984. The site lies within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and was formerly called Watercombe Marsh. Bushley Muzzard, Brimpsfield is situated 1¼ miles southeast 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 5 miles south east of Gloucester, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 80.
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″ northLongitude
-2.11015° or 2° 6′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C3VRVJQ+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 925954149Wikidata ID
Q6421729
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