Quarries · South East England
Asham Quarry
In or near Tarring Neville.
Asham Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Southease · 1.2 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Asham Quarry, the nearest railway station is Southease, located 1.2 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is BN8 6JS. Entry details are not provided.
About
Asham Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Wikidata describes it as: "Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK". Coordinates: 50.8345°, 0.0473°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Firle Escarpment SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Asham Quarry is a 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newhaven in East Sussex. It is a Geological Conservation Review site and in the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This site provides important biostratigraphical and lithostratigraphical evidence about environmental conditions during the last 100,000 years, the Last Glacial Period and the Holocene. It is notable for its extensive early and mid Holocene deposits and for having yielded a series of radiocarbon dates.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 50.8345, 0.0473
- County
- East Sussex
- District
- Lewes
- Parish
- Beddingham
- Postcode
- BN8 6JS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Lewes
- Nearest railway station
- Southease — 1.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q4804547 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Asham Quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Asham Quarry?
- Asham Quarry is in East Sussex, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BN8 6JS), in the parish of Beddingham.
- What is Asham Quarry?
- Asham Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK.
- How do I get to Asham Quarry?
- The nearest railway station is Southease, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode BN8 6JS.
- Is Asham Quarry a listed building?
- Asham Quarry is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Asham Quarry a protected site?
- Yes — Asham Quarry is part of the Firle Escarpment SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Asham Quarry?
- The nearest railway station is Southease, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BN8 6JS.