Sandgate Quarry

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Sandgate Quarry

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 6 May 2013

Looking into the entrance from Hampers Lane and looking towards a big pile of sand which is quarried here. Much of the current quarry was originally the grounds of Sandgate Park whose last inhabitant died in 1946 whereupon the land was purchased for quarrying which it still is today.

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.913129
Longitude
-0.425144