A Heritage Area and Local Nature Reserve
A Heritage Area and Local Nature Reserve
The Llanymynech Limeworks is a scheduled monument with 3 Grade II listed buildings; the Hoffmann Kiln; Hoffmann Chimney and the Draw Kilns. The quarry area is a designated Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
Many of our visitors will have noticed that we have two areas fenced off for Public Safety Reasons. The Hoffmann Kiln The Hoffmann Kiln has a suspected fault in part of the roof. After concerns were raised by the volunteers…
Thanks to the generosity of Shropshire Council, we now have a new picnic table and bench. Installed by our Ranger Mike Simms, they make a welcome addition to our Heritage Area.
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Making the Limeworks a Safer Place for our Visitors If you have been walking in the Limeworks recently, some of you may have noticed that we no longer have a boardwalk at Black Bridge. The boardwalk at Black Bridge was…
On Saturday 27th August 2022 Helen Morgan, Member of Parliament for Shropshire North, visited the Llanymynech Limeworks and the Wharf Visitor Centre. Together with Helen’s Constituency Support Officer, Alex Wagner, they toured the Limeworks, visiting the Stables Block where they…
The ongoing vandalism at the Heritage Area has forced us to take the decision to deter those people who are ruining our unique site by installing cameras to identify those involved. If you see anyone causing damaging to our Heritage…
All around the Heritage Area there are information panels which help our visitors to understand how the Limeworks functioned during its working life. These panels help to bring to life the various aspects that went into making quicklime and the…
In 2020 an ash tree near the B483 had to be felled because it was overhanging power lines and was a potential danger to traffic. We initially put the large trunk up for sale to earn some cash for the…
It is a sad fact that vandalism has been an issue at the Llanymynech Limeworks for some time. The team of volunteers give up their own time to ensure that the area is kept in as good a condition as…
By Tony Beardsell and Martyn Young The tramway track continues almost diagonally for 184ft across field 370 (The Gables), from the silver birch tree in field 380 to a point, the other side of the fence adjacent to the brick-built…