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Brownend Quarry

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Brownend Quarry is one of 55 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire. At 0.02 km², it is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the Peak District National Park.

Blythe Bridge Station is about 16.2 km away to the south-west. Hamps and Manifold Valleys and Caldon Dales are among the SSSIs within 0.9 km.

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Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.Iconic

Peak District

You’re inside itNational Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

Photo of Ilam, a village in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Ilam

Village

Estate village at the foot of the Peak District, its Swiss-style Gothic cottages clustered below Ilam Hall where the Manifold and Dove valleys meet.

4.6 km NE · Staffordshire

Photo of Thor's Cave, a cave near Grindon in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

Thor's Cave

Cave near Grindon

A sixty-foot symmetrical cave mouth punched through a limestone crag above the Manifold valley — occupied since the Stone Age, photographed since the Victorians.

4.8 km N

Photo: Manifold Valley, a viewpoint near Ilam in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Manifold Valley

Viewpoint near Ilam

Winding limestone valley where the River Manifold vanishes underground in summer, followed by a traffic-free trail on the old light railway.

5.5 km E

Photo of Dovedale, a gorge near Ilam in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

Dovedale

Gorge near Ilam

Celebrated limestone ravine on the River Dove, its famous stepping stones crossing below the cone of Thorpe Cloud.

5.7 km E

Photo of Dovedale, a country estate near Ilam in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Dovedale

Country estate near Ilam

A National Trust place in Derbyshire.

6.3 km NE