Boulby Quarries

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Coordinates: 54°34′12″N, 0°50′48″W

Boulby Quarries
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Country	England
Region	North East
Unitary Authority	Redcar and Cleveland
Location	Boulby
- coordinates	54°34′12″N, 0°50′48″W
Area	40.3 ha (99.6 acre)
Notification	1989
Managed by	Natural England
Area of Search	Cleveland
Interest	Geological
Website : Map of site

Boulby Quarries (grid reference NZ745200) is a 40.3 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland, England notified in 1989.

The site is identified as being of national importance in the Geological Conservation Review.

The quarries are wholly within the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage Coast and partly within the North York Moors National Park.

[edit] Source

• English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 5 August 2006)

[edit] External links

• English Nature (SSSI information)
• Site boundary map at English Nature's "Nature on the Map" website

Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland

Boulby Quarries • Briarcroft Pasture • Cowpen Marsh • Durham Coast • Hart Bog • Hartlepool Submerged Forest • Langbaurgh Ridge • Lovell Hill Pools • North York Moors • Pinkney and Gerrick Woods • Redcar Rocks • Roseberry Topping • Saltburn Gill • Seal Sands • Seaton Dunes and Common • South Gare & Coatham Sands • Tees and Hartlepool Foreshore and Wetlands • Whitton Bridge Pasture Neighbouring areas: County Durham • North Yorkshire