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Baileycroft Quarry

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Baileycroft Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, covering 0.01 km². The county has 95 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Only three are smaller.

For more of the same, Masson Hill and Shining Cliff Woods are close by. The nearest railway station is Cromford, about 3.5 km to the north-east.

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