2024
NZ3737 : Wingate Quarry
taken 1 year ago, near to Wheatley Hill, County Durham, England
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Wingate Quarry
Quarry operations ceased in the 1930s allowing magnesian limestone grassland to re-establish. This habitat has been severely depleted due to quarrying and agriculture making this former quarry an SSSI holding around 8% of the nation's total.