Wingate Quarry

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Wingate Quarry
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Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location MAGiC MaP
Nearest town Ferryhill , County Durham
Peterlee , County Durham
Coordinates 54°43′54″N1°25′17″W / 54.73167°N 1.42139°W / 54.73167; -1.42139
Area23.35 ha (57.7 acres)
Established1984
Governing body Natural England
Website Wingate Quarry

Wingate Quarry is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of east County Durham, England. [1] Part of the site is also a Local Nature Reserve [2] It is a disused quarry located just south of the village of Wheatley Hill.

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Frog Orchid, Coeloglossum viride

The quarry was worked for Magnesian Limestone until the 1930s, when it closed. Since then a large and varied grassland has developed on the site. Magnesian limestone grassland is nationally scarce, with this site accounting for close to 8 per cent of the national total. As well as species that are characteristic of this vegetation type, there are also two orchids, fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea , and frog orchid, Coeloglossum viride , both of which are uncommon in County Durham. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wingate Quarry : Reasons for SSSI status" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Wingate Quarry : Local Nature Reserve". Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2022.


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