Meeching Quarry
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Meeching Quarry by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
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Meeching Quarry
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 29 May 2008
Now containing an industrial estate but was once owned and operated by the Earl of Sheffield and also included ice houses built into the chalk for storage of ice which was imported into Newhaven and moved from the quayside to the quarry via a tramway. The recreation ground in the foreground is another legacy from the Earl of Sheffield and contains the town's cricket and football grounds.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.785992
Longitude
0.047974