Trimdon Limestone Quarry

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Trimdon Limestone Quarry
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location MAGiC MaP
Nearest town Ferryhill
Sedgefield
Coordinates 54°42′43″N1°26′20″W / 54.71194°N 1.43889°W / 54.71194; -1.43889
Area0.8 ha (2.0 acres)
Established1992
Governing body Natural England
Website Trimdon Limestone Quarry SSSI

Trimdon Limestone Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It lies about 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) west of the village of Trimdon Grange and about 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east of the village of Coxhoe. [1]

The site is an abandoned quarry and exposed to a section of the Ford Formation of Late Permian magnesian limestone. The site is nationally important for an interpretation of the geological history of the Ford Formation carbonates. [2]

The abandoned quarry workings include an area of floristically-rich magnesian limestone grassland, a habitat which is nationally scarce in Britain, with only an estimated 270 hectares (670 acres) remaining. [2]

The site is part of a larger area that is managed by the Durham Wildlife Trust as the Trimdon Grange Quarry nature reserve. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Trimdon Grange Quarry Nature Reserve" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Trimdon Limestone Quarry : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
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