Ockley or Ewhurst Brickworks
| brick factory, quarry
United Kingdom /
England /
Rudgwick /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Rudgwick
World / United Kingdom / England
brick factory, quarry
Smokejacks Brickworks opened in the 1920s and was later known as Ockley and Ewhurst Works respectively. It is now owned by Weinerberger Plc and despite a multi-million pound refit in 1999, the works is now semi-dormant, employing only a skeleton staff.
In 1983 a new species of piscivorous (fish-eating) dinosaur, Baryonyx walkeri was discovered in the fossil-rich clay beds of the quarry pit.
In 1983 a new species of piscivorous (fish-eating) dinosaur, Baryonyx walkeri was discovered in the fossil-rich clay beds of the quarry pit.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°7'30"N -0°24'40"E
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- The Cranleigh Golf & Leisure Club 5.2 km
- Cranleigh School and Cranleigh Preparatory School 6.4 km
- Leith Hill 6.5 km
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- Slinfold Park Golf & Country Club 6.6 km
- Ringo Starr's Rydinghurst estate 7.9 km
- Dunsfold Aerodrome (ICAO: EGTD) 8.7 km