Quarries · East Midlands
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
In or near Worthington.
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 52.7860°, -1.3870°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a 63.3 hectares (156 acres) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Worthington in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. An area of 33 hectares (82 acres) is managed as a nature reserve by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Cloud Wood is an ancient semi-natural wood on clay. It has a very diverse ground flora, including pendulous sedge, yellow archangel and giant bellflower. The quarry is a nationally important geological locality, exposing a Lower Carboniferous succession deposited in shallow seas. There is public access to most of the nature reserve, but not to the quarry.
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- Coordinates
- 52.7860, -1.3870
- County
- Leicestershire
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Parish
- Worthington
- Postcode
- LE65 1RN
- Parliamentary constituency
- North West Leicestershire
Sources
- wikidata: Q48798650 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cloud Wood 3.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry?
- Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is in Leicestershire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LE65 1RN), in the parish of Worthington.
- What is Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry?
- Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry?
- Drivers can use postcode LE65 1RN.
- Is Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry a protected site?
- Yes — Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is part of the Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode LE65 1RN. It sits within the North West Leicestershire parliamentary constituency.