Quarries · West Midlands
Sharp's Hill Quarry
Sharp's Hill Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Sharp's Hill Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Coordinates: 52.0200°, -1.5100°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Sharp's Hill Quarry SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Sharp's Hill Quarry is a 2.4-hectare (5.9-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Banbury in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. This is the type locality of the Sharp's Hill Formation. It is very fossiliferous and dates to the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic, around 167 million years ago. It is described by Natural England as critical for understanding the Bathonian succession in north Oxfordshire. Strata of the underlying Chipping Norton Formation are also present.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 52.0200, -1.5100
- County
- Oxfordshire
- District
- Cherwell
- Parish
- Hook Norton
- Postcode
- OX15 5BZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Banbury
Sources
- wikidata: Q96405491 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Sharp's Hill Quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Sharp's Hill Quarry?
- Sharp's Hill Quarry is in Oxfordshire, the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode OX15 5BZ), in the parish of Hook Norton.
- Is Sharp's Hill Quarry a listed building?
- Sharp's Hill Quarry is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Sharp's Hill Quarry a protected site?
- Yes — Sharp's Hill Quarry is part of the Sharp's Hill Quarry SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Sharp's Hill Quarry?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode OX15 5BZ. It sits within the Banbury parliamentary constituency.