Wingate Quarry

Wingate Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Country England
Region North East
District Easington
Location NZ373375
 - coordinates GB-ENG 54°43′54″N 1°25′17″W / 54.73167°N 1.42139°W / 54.73167; -1.42139Coordinates: GB-ENG 54°43′54″N 1°25′17″W / 54.73167°N 1.42139°W / 54.73167; -1.42139
Area 23.35 ha (57.70 acres)
Notification 1984
Management Natural England
Area of Search County Durham
Interest Biological
Map of England and Wales with a red dot representing the location of the Wingate Quarry SSSI, Co Durham
Location of Wingate Quarry SSSI, Co Durham
Website: Map of site

Wingate Quarry is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of east County Durham, England.[1][2] Part of the site is also a Local Nature Reserve[3][4] It is a disused quarry located just south of the village of Wheatley Hill.

Frog Orchid, Coeloglossum viride

The quarry was worked for Magnesian Limestone until the 1930s, when it closed. Since then a large and varied grassland has developed on the site. Magnesian limestone grassland is nationally scarce, with this site accounting for close to 8 percent of the national total. As well as species that are characteristic of this vegetation type, there are also two orchids, fragrant orchid, Gymnadenia conopsea, and frog orchid, Coeloglossum viride, both of which are uncommon in County Durham.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Wingate Quarry citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  2. "Map of Wingate Quarry". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. "Wingate Quarry". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  4. "Map of Wingate Quarry". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 July 2013.


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