Cloford

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Cloford
latitude= 51.1948
longitude= -2.3942
civil_parish= Wanstrow
population =
shire_district= Mendip
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Somerton and Frome
post_town= Shepton Mallet
postcode_district= BA11
postcode_area=BA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST725440

Cloford is a village convert|2|mi|km|0|lk=on from the Wanstrow and convert|4|mi|km|0 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. [cite web | title=Church of St Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=266881 | accessdate=2008-02-01]

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. [cite web |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003907.pdf |title=Citation Sheet |accessdate=2008-02-01 |format=PDF |work=English Nature ] Cloford Quarry was the main location used for the planet Lakertya in the Doctor Who story “Time and the Rani”.

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