Morley Quarry is a 3.1 hectares (7.7 acres) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Shepshed in Leicestershire.[1]
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Shepshed, Leicestershire |
OS grid | SK 476 179 |
Area | 3.1 hectares (7.7 acres) |
The quarries are a Regionally Important Geological Site, with rocks dating to 600 million years ago. The habitat is grassland and heath, with heather and gorse. There is a pond which has breeding toads.[2]
There is access from Morley Lane.
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References
edit- ^ "Map of Morley Quarry". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Morley Quarry LNR" (PDF). The National Forest. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 25 November 2017.