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Greenfoot Quarry

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Greenfoot Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, covering 0.01 km². The county has 85 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Only two are smaller.

Stanhope Station is about 1.7 km away to the east. Muggleswick Common and Blanchland Moor and Bollihope and Woodland Fells are among the SSSIs within 1.7 km.

More places to visit near Greenfoot Quarry

Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

National Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

0.1 km W

Photo along the Weardale Way, a 74-mile long-distance path running from Sunderland to Cowshill, north east England.

Weardale Way

Long-distance path

The Wear from mouth to moor — Roker pier to Cowshill, passing beneath Durham Cathedral on the way up the dale.

0.1 km S · County Durham & Tyne and Wear

Photo of Weardale Railway, a visitor attraction near Stanhope, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Weardale Railway

Attraction near Stanhope

Heritage line running up the dale between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope through Frosterley and Wolsingham.

1.7 km E

Photo of The Black Lion (Wolsingham), a pub in County Durham, north east England.

The Black Lion (Wolsingham)

Pub near Wolsingham

Weardale local in Wolsingham with a rotating range of real ales and CAMRA awards.

9.6 km E

Photo: Hamsterley Forest, a viewpoint near Eggleston, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Hamsterley Forest

Viewpoint near Eggleston

Two thousand hectares of forest in a Durham dales valley, laced with walking and mountain-bike trails.

10.6 km SE

Photo of Blanchland, a village in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.Highlight

Blanchland

Village

Cobbled abbey village of honey-coloured stone in the Derwent valley, reputed one of England's prettiest.

11.3 km N · Northumberland