Hillend Quarry

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Hillend Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Shropshire. The county has 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It is the smallest of them. It lies inside the Shropshire Hills National Landscape.

For more of the same, Long Mynd and Wolverton Wood and Alcaston Coppice are close by. The closest station is Craven Arms, about 5.7 km to the south-east.

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