Whitecliff Quarry
Whitecliff Quarry was a quarry in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was served by the Coleford Railway from 1883 to 1917 and the Severn and Wye Railway from 1917 until its closure in 1976. The quarry was near the town of Coleford.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Whitecliff Ironworks and Puzzlewood.
Whitecliff Ironworks
Ruins
Whitecliff Ironworks, sometimes referred to as Whitecliff Furnace, at Coleford, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, are industrial remains associated with the production of iron, using coke, in the Forest of Dean. Whitecliff Ironworks is situated 1,100 feet east of Whitecliff Quarry.
Puzzlewood
Forest
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is a railway museum located in Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. The museum was founded in 1988. Based in the former GWR Goods Shed along the Coleford Railway. Coleford Great Western Railway Museum is situated 3,700 feet east of Whitecliff Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Baker’s Hill and Milkwall.
Baker’s Hill
Hamlet
Coleford is a market town in the west of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, two miles east of the Welsh border and close to the Wye Valley. It is the administrative centre of the Forest of Dean district.
Milkwall
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milkwall is a village in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. It lies between the village of Sling to the south, and the town of Coleford to the north.
Clearwell
Village
Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clearwell is a village and former ancient manor in the Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England. Situated 3 miles south of Coleford and 2.5 miles east of the Welsh border, a recent survey indicated that the population of Clearwell is approximately 350.
Whitecliff Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Description: quarry in Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Category: industry
- Location: Newland, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.78937° or 51° 47′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.63122° or 2° 37′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C3VQ9Q9+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 969564829OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q16897641
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