Sproxton Quarry
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Sproxton Quarry is a 5.4 hectares (13 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Sproxton in Leicestershire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. The quarry exposes one of the most complete sections of the Middle Jurassic Lincolnshire Limestone Formation, together wi
th the underlying Grantham and Northampton Sand Formations. It has rare ammonites. Sproxton Quarry is a Reference Section for the Grantham Formation.
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- Croxton Abbey abbey · 5 km away
- Stonesby Quarry quarry · 5 km away
- St Mary's Church, Garthorpe chiese · 5 km away
- Isaac Newton's apple tree tree · 6 km away
- Woolsthorpe Manor castelli · 6 km away
- Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Stoke Rochford chiese · 6 km away
- Thatched Farm beni_culturali · 6 km away