Tunstall Hills

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Tunstall Hills
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Tunstall Hills is an area of open space in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is a Local Nature Reserve^[1]^[2] and Tunstall Hills And Ryhope Cutting has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest both for its geological and biological importance.^[3]^[4] The area consists of Green Hill and Rocky Hill and surrounding land.

Historically these hills have been also named the Maidens Paps because of their shape.^[5]

References

↑ "Tunstall Hills". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Map of Tunstall Hills". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Tunstall Hills And Ryhope Cutting citation". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ "Map of Tunstall Hills And Ryhope Cutting". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
↑ Tunstall Hills - the Goddess in the landscape

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v t e Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear

City of Sunderland	Claxheugh Rock and Ford Limestone Quarry Dawson's Plantation Quarry Durham Coast Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries Gilley Law Quarry Hastings Hill Herrington Hill Hetton Bogs High Haining Hill High Moorsley Humbledon Hill Quarry Hylton Castle Cutting Joe's Pond Moorsley Banks South Hylton Pasture Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting Wear River Bank

Gateshead	Gibside Lower Derwent Meadows Pockerley Farm Pond Ridley Gill Ryton Willows Shibdon Pond Strother Hills Thornley Wood

Newcastle upon Tyne	Big Waters Brenkley Meadows Gosforth Park Hallow Hill Prestwick Carr

North Tyneside	Northumberland Shore Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice

South Tyneside	Boldon Pastures Cleadon Hill Harton Down Hill West Farm Meadow, Boldon

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