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Newbridge Quarry
Location
LocationPickering
CountyNorth Yorkshire
CountryEngland
Production
ProductsLimestone
History
Opened1946 (1946)
Owner
CompanyBreedon

Newbridge Quarry is a limestone quarry located just to the north of Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The quarry works the ????? Formation and has been in operation since 1946, with a projected closure date of December 2026.

History

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Covering an area of 200 acres (80 hectares), Newbridge Quarry is 1.9 miles (3 km) north of Pickering and lies between 279 feet (85 m) and 344 feet (105 m) above sea level.[1][2]

To the immediate south-west of the site is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) SSSI (Newbridge Quarry), which has been recorded on account of its geological state which allows for the "...dating [of] the final phase of Corallian sedimentation in Yorkshire."[3]

Historically, limestone from the Newbridge area has been worked since at least 1840 when railway sidings were laid to transport the stone out using the Whitby & Pickering Railway, and then when the line was opened out southwards towards Malton and York.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Minting, Stuart (14 June 2023). "Huge quarrying operation to continue beside national park". Gazette & Herald. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Agricultural land classification North Yorks minerals local plan Newbridge North Yorkshire March 1995". publications.naturalengland.org.uk. p. 1. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Newbridge Quarry" (PDF). designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  4. ^ Benham, Philip (2008). An illustrated history of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Hersham: OPC. p. 23. ISBN 9780860936220.

Sources

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  • Wright, John (2001). "4: Upper Jurassic stratigraphy in North Yorkshire". British upper jurassic stratigraphy (Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian). Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. ISBN 1861074824.
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