raleighnut
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There have been at least 4 Quarries in Enderby, the first you will encounter coming from Desford is on the left just past the Next headquarters and over the M69 with the EH Smith offices in what was the Quarry office, there is a later Quarry further on up the road that turns left into the industrial estate* just after that and a 3rd on the other side of the road that is now an industrial estate also, this is before you climb the hill (made of Granite) to the pub which is now an Indian restaurant and 'Wickhams' shop opposite which is now a pub.There used to be a railway bridge over the B582 (Desford Rd) that was a branch line down to Narborough solely for gravel wagons but that was demolished years ago although part of the disused line is now a cyclepath. If you carry on down the B582 past the Church towards the 'Foxhunter' roundabout there is what was another quarry opposite the school (Brockington College) with the Stone face still visible although the majority of the hole is filled in and there used to be the Scout Hut on the field formed by filling the hole (this is before you cross the M1 Bridge.
BTW most of the stone used in the construction of the M69 was quarried in Enderby what with it being so close.
* The 'big' quarry was the only one operating when I was a youth, it closed in the late 80s and then they spent about 10 yrs filling it up again with rubbish, luckily they installed pipework to harvest the (mainly) Methane gas and now there is a generating plant that feeds into the National Grid through the big 'Substation' at the bottom of Beggars Lane on Desford Rd.
