Hawkesbury Quarry

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Hawkesbury Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location Avon
Grid reference ST771873
InterestGeological
Area0.25 ha (0.62 acres)
Notification 1967
Location map English Nature

Hawkesbury Quarry (grid reference ST771873 ) is a 0.25-hectare (0.62-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Hawkesbury Upton, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1967.

The site is notable for containing both the oolitic limestone of the northern Cotswolds, and the fossil-bearing limestone found further south. [1]

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Coordinates: 51°35′03″N2°19′55″W / 51.58409°N 2.33191°W / 51.58409; -2.33191