Quarries · South East England
Cold Ash Quarry
In or near Hermitage.
Cold Ash Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Newbury Racecourse · 4.8 km
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Cold Ash Quarry, the nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, located 4.8 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is RG18 9LY. Entry information is not provided, so please check in advance for any fees or accessibility details.
About
Cold Ash Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Site of Special Scientific Interest. Coordinates: 51.4390°, -1.2820°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Kennet SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Cold Ash Quarry is a 0.4-hectare (0.99-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Newbury in Berkshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. The quarry is unique in Britain for the collection of fossil plants and insects which occur in a layer of silt and clay within the Reading Beds. The fossils date to about 60 million years ago. The fossil flora consists of well-preserved angiosperm leaves, in some of these fossils there is evidence of the activity of contemporary leaf-miner insects. This is the only location in Britain at which fossil leaf-miner activity have been discovered. The site is private land with no public access.
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- Coordinates
- 51.4390, -1.2820
- District
- West Berkshire
- Parish
- Cold Ash
- Postcode
- RG18 9LY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newbury
- Nearest railway station
- Newbury Racecourse — 4.8 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q29019775 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Cold Ash Quarry (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Cold Ash Quarry.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Cold Ash Quarry?
- Cold Ash Quarry is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode RG18 9LY), in the parish of Cold Ash.
- What is Cold Ash Quarry?
- Cold Ash Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Cold Ash Quarry?
- The nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, about 4.8 km away. Drivers can use postcode RG18 9LY.
- Is Cold Ash Quarry a listed building?
- Cold Ash Quarry is officially recognised as Site of Special Scientific Interest listed.
- Is Cold Ash Quarry a protected site?
- Yes — Cold Ash Quarry is part of the River Kennet SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Cold Ash Quarry?
- The nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, about 4.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode RG18 9LY.