Morley Quarry
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Shepshed, Leicestershire |
OS grid | SK 476 179 |
Area | 3.1 hectares (7.7 acres) |
Morley Quarry is a 3.1 hectares (7.7 acres) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Shepshed in Leicestershire.[1]
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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52°45′25″N 1°17′46″W / 52.757°N 1.296°W / 52.757; -1.296
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