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Apple Lane, EXETER, EX2 7HA

Actually most of the roads and cul-de-sacs around here, not to mention footpaths, seem to be called Apple Lane. This branch leads to "Trade City upper level".

Part of the Sowton Industrial Estate, on the south side of the Sidmouth Road from the main part of the estate.

Another view of the roundabout shown in Image], with the quarry cliff face shown in Image] and Image] in the background, by the electricity sub station.

This row of units includes a security firm and a plastic files firm.

A sandstone outcrop at Bishops Court quarry.

An alternative view of Image], with an electricity sub station beneath it, and a fence to deter access to what must be an unstable cliff.

"The Dawlish Sandstone Formation of Permian age, about 260 million years old, worked at Bishops Court Quarry displays large scale cross bedding ... These are classic desert dune sands comprising red and yellowish brown, well to moderately-well sorted, medium grain-size sand with occasional layers of fine silty sand and red-brown mudstone ... Many of the sand grains are well rounded and often spherical (‘millet seed’ sand grains) believed to be a characteristic of coarser varieties of wind blown material" http://www.devon.gov.uk/overview_report_whole.pdf . This cliff is on the left of the camera in Image

From its junction with the Sidmouth Road. The sandstone cliff shown in Image can be seen ahead.

The new red sandstone cliff now forms a backdrop to a play area. The path links the new housing shown in Image] to the Sidmouth Road close to a handy bus stop and the Park and Ride. See also Image

New housing built within a disused sandstone quarry, of which some cliff faces remain. The roundabout is at the junction with Apple Lane, which has the distinction of leaving the junction twice as an industrial estate road and once as a footpath.