Stockton, Warwickshire, is surrounded by quarries for the local blue lias clay, used for cement manufacture. Most of the quarries are closed now, the railway line that served them is now a nature reserve, and the spur off the Grand Union Canal is there no more - the main quarry company was Nelson and Co, which had its own fleet of narrowboats.
While there’s still a cement factory at nearby Long Itchington, around Stockton all is peaceful.
But, handily, there’s an old water tower in amongst the old workings!
