Markfield

Learn more about the history of Markfield quarries, with the slides from a talk in November 2025.

Markfield Hill is noted for its very hard granite, was a quarry from the mid 1850s and its wire-rope way made international news.

The County Sanatorium and Isolation Hospital on the outskirts of the village opened in 1932 and closed in 1985.

Find out more about guided walks, the village trail leaflet and the information board.

Main St. has been home to many of the village's residents, shops, pubs and churches. Learn about its history and see lots of old pictures.