Quarry at Ibstock
Introduction
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Quarry at Ibstock
Image: © Kate Jewell Taken: 20 Mar 2007
This is a clay pit owned by Ibstock Brick, an international company which has its origins in the village of Ibstock. See this http://www.ibstock.com/ibstock-history.asp for the history of the company and this http://www.ibstock.com/pdfs/environmental-report/the-leicester-project.pdf for interesting information about the environmental work undertaken by the company around the village of Ibstock .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.693012
Longitude
-1.383863