My friendly search button tells me that Lea Quarry has featured on here previously so I’m not going to go into the geology lesson about the type or how the rock of Wenlock Edge was formed many millions of years ago.
There has been talk of the National Trust taking on and managing the site for many years. The Shropshire Local Access Forum report from January 2011 states that the owners (Aggregates industries) have asked the National Trust for more money as they believe the site could be developed as a holiday village. It mentions outline planning permission would be put before the council to test feasibility. (A quick search of Shropshire council online planning portal doesn’t reveal any pending applications)
However, the 2011/2012 Much Wenlock Place plan states the following:
As pictures of this place have been seen before, I’ve tried something different. If you don’t like the format – please say so and I won’t do it in this way again and will revert to standard format
Finally, this place was awash with innuendo so comments on the content of the final picture set are, of course, expected
The chair pics..
The instructions in the middle bottom pic, so very helpful
There has been talk of the National Trust taking on and managing the site for many years. The Shropshire Local Access Forum report from January 2011 states that the owners (Aggregates industries) have asked the National Trust for more money as they believe the site could be developed as a holiday village. It mentions outline planning permission would be put before the council to test feasibility. (A quick search of Shropshire council online planning portal doesn’t reveal any pending applications)
However, the 2011/2012 Much Wenlock Place plan states the following:
- Investment requirement and opportunities – Restoration of former quarry at Wenlock Edge (Lea Quarry)
- Lead delivery partners – Aggregate Industries UK and National Trust
- Other partners – Shropshire Biodiversity partnership and Shropshire Council
- Cost - £2.5 million
- Timescale – ongoing
- Potential
As pictures of this place have been seen before, I’ve tried something different. If you don’t like the format – please say so and I won’t do it in this way again and will revert to standard format
Finally, this place was awash with innuendo so comments on the content of the final picture set are, of course, expected
The chair pics..
The instructions in the middle bottom pic, so very helpful
