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Ketton Quarries

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Ketton Quarries is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Rutland of 1.2 km². It is one of 18 SSSIs in the county. Only two of the county's SSSIs are larger.

Nearby nature reserves include Rutland Water Country Park and Collyweston Great Wood. For arrivals by rail, Stamford Station is about 5.2 km to the east.

More places to visit near Ketton Quarries

Photo along the Macmillan Way, a 290-mile long-distance path running from Boston to Abbotsbury, England.Highlight

Macmillan Way

Long-distance path

Boston to Abbotsbury down the limestone belt — 290 miles waymarked in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

0.3 km W · spans 10 counties

Photo of Normanton Church, a landmark near Edith Weston, Rutland, central England.Highlight

Normanton Church

Landmark near Edith Weston

Rutland Water's iconic half-drowned church, saved on a raised embankment and reached by causeway; a museum inside.

4 km W

Photo along the Viking Way, a 147-mile long-distance path running from Barton-upon-Humber to Oakham, central England.

Viking Way

Long-distance path

Through the old Danelaw from the Humber Bridge, over the Lincolnshire Wolds and along the limestone Edge to Rutland Water.

5.6 km NW · Lincolnshire, Rutland & Leicestershire

Photo of Stamford Castle, a ruined castle near Ryhall, Lincolnshire, central England.

Stamford Castle

Castle near Ryhall

The scant remains of a Norman castle in one of England's finest old stone towns, on rising ground above the River Welland

5.8 km E

Photo: The Meadows, Stamford, a viewpoint near Ryhall, Lincolnshire, central England.Highlight

The Meadows, Stamford

Viewpoint near Ryhall

Riverside water-meadows below Stamford's spires, the classic view of the honey-stone town across the Welland.

6.1 km E

Photo of Hambleton Hall, a restaurant in Rutland, central England.Highlight

Hambleton Hall

Restaurant · With rooms near Hambleton

Long-celebrated Victorian country-house hotel on a peninsula above Rutland Water.

7.2 km W