Woolsthorpe Manor Car Park - former ironstone quarry
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Woolsthorpe Manor Car Park - former ironstone quarry by John Sutton as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Woolsthorpe Manor Car Park - former ironstone quarry
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 27 Aug 2009
The roof and gables of Newton's birthplace are glimpsed to the right. The visitor car park is on the restored site of the entrance to the huge Colsterworth No 2 Extension ironstone quarry (1935-69), one of the quarries which once encircled Woolsthorpe. No 2 Extension quarry once covered most of gridsquare SK9123. The quarry railway once crossed Old Post Lane on a level crossing immediately behind where I stood to take this picture. The smaller No 2 quarry (1927-32) was to the east of the lane, as were the engine sheds and workshops (a new housing development is currently being built on their site). See other photos nearby for more on the Colsterworth quarries and railways and the High Dyke Branch.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.8085
Longitude
-0.628591