Cloford

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Cloford
Cloford shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST725440
Parish	Wanstrow
District	Mendip
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Shepton Mallet
Postcode district	BA11
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Somerton and Frome
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°11′41″N 2°23′39″W / 51.1948, -2.3942

Cloford is a village 2 miles (3 km) from the Wanstrow and 4 miles (6 km) south west of Frome, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

The Norman church is dedicated to St. Mary, which dates from the 15th century and was rebuilt in 1856. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.^[1]

Cloford Quarry is a 39.92 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Geological Conservation Review site important for the exposures of sediments of Triassic and Jurassic age which occur in major fissures within the Carboniferous Limestone. No other site in Britain shows such a variety and abundance of sediment-infilled fissures of this age.^[2] Cloford Quarry was the main location used for the planet Lakertya in the Doctor Who story “Time and the Rani”.

[edit] References

1. ^ Church of St Mary. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
2. ^ Citation Sheet (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.