Upper Chicksgrove Quarry

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Upper Chicksgrove Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, covering 0.06 km². The county has 119 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. It lies inside Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs National Landscape.

Gallows Hill and Knapp and Barnett's Downs are among the SSSIs within 5.9 km. The nearest railway station is Tisbury, about 1.5 km to the west.

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