Westbury Ironstone Quarry (grid reference ST853508 ) is a 5,600 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just west of Westbury in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1965. The quarry was once an important source of Upper Oxfordian Westbury Iron Ore.
Coordinates: 51°15′27″N2°12′45″W / 51.2576°N 2.2124°W
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Polden Hills in Somerset, England are a long, low ridge, extending for 10 miles (16 km), and separated from the Mendip Hills, to which they are nearly parallel, by a marshy tract, known as the Somerset Levels. They are now bisected at their western end by the M5 motorway and a railway, the Bristol and Exeter Railway, part of the Great Western Main Line.
Cullimore's Quarry is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Charfield, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.
Brinkmarsh Quarry is a 0.5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.
Tytherington Quarry is a 0.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Tytherington, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1989.
Quarry Steps, Durdham Down is a 0.006 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Durdham Down in Bristol, notified in 1990.
Dead Maid Quarry is a 4,400 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1951.
Dinton Quarry is a 3,000 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1990. This long-disused quarry of Middle Purbeck limestone was the main source of the late Jurassic fossil insects described by Brodie in 1845.
Gripwood Quarry is a 2.9 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1951. The quarry is of Oolitic limestone and has a wall in the middle creating an upper and a lower quarry, last used for mushroom growing. The walls are whitewashed and there is a large wooden crane.
Lady Down Quarry is a 2,300 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the northeast of Tisbury parish in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1990.
Okus Quarry is a 2,500 square metre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Old Town, Swindon, Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Seend Cleeve Quarry is a 7.5 acres (3.0 ha) Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Seend Cleeve, Wiltshire, England, notified in 1987.
Stanton St. Quintin Quarry & Motorway Cutting is a 2.2 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest southeast of Stanton St Quintin in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1971.
Box Mine is a 56.6 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, near the village of Box in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1991.
Bratton Downs is a 395.8 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, near the villages of Bratton, Edington and Westbury. It was notified in 1971. The designated area consists mainly of chalk grassland, as well as some ancient woodland, and supports a diverse range of native flora and fauna. It overlays notable geological features—principally landforms created by glaciation in the Pleistocene.
Upton Cow Down is a 16.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire. The down is an area of chalk grassland on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. It lies one mile south of the town of Westbury, above the village of Upton Scudamore.
Totternhoe Chalk Quarry is a 13.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Totternhoe in Bedfordshire. Part of it lies in Totternhoe nature reserve, which is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The site is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Chicksgrove Quarry is a 14 acres (5.7 ha) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Upper Chicksgrove in Wiltshire, England notified in 1971.
Old Burghclere Lime Quarry SSSI is a 4.61 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Burghclere in Hampshire, notified in 1979. The Lime Quarry was actively worked until the beginning of the 20th century, and since then has been left to nature, resulting in a unique mix of flora and fauna becoming established at the site.
Philpot's and Hook Quarries is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-west of Sharpthorne in West Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.