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Ballast milestone spurs on rail project

Thursday 26th November 2009Sunday 13th August 2017 BLP

Lafarge Aggregates, which owns Mountsorrel quarry, has kindly donated the ballast to restore the railway. Read the full story in the Leicester Mercury.

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We now have an an entrance charge to access the site beyond Granites patio.

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