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Greenfoot Quarry
Greenfoot Quarry in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Greenfoot Quarry is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Greenfoot Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It is a disused quarry in the Wear valley, 1 km upstream from the village of Stanhope. The site has national geological importance for its exposures of the Little Whin Sill; there are other exposures in the bed of the Wear near the quarry, but none shows so complete of an exposure as Greenfoot Quarry. At the western end of the quarry is a unique exposure that displays columnar jointing in the sill with limestone exposed above and below the intrusion.
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- Coordinates
- 54.7483, -2.0286
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanhope
- Postcode
- DL13 2JT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Established
- 1984
- Official site
- designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5604039 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Greenfoot Quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Greenfoot Quarry?
- Greenfoot Quarry is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 2JT), in the parish of Stanhope.
- When was Greenfoot Quarry built?
- Built or established in 1984.
- How do I get to Greenfoot Quarry?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 2JT. It sits within the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency.