Alderton Hill Quarry

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Alderton Hill Quarry is one of 136 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire. It is the smallest of them. It lies inside the Cotswolds National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, about 8.1 km to the west. Cleeve Common and Littleworth Wood are among the nature reserves within 8.1 km.

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