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Wollaston Ridge Quarry

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Wollaston Ridge Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire. It is one of 55 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is the smallest of them.

The nearest railway station is Stourbridge Town, about 2.3 km to the east. Other SSSIs nearby include Kinver Edge, Brewin's Canal Section and Doulton's Claypit.

More places to visit near Wollaston Ridge Quarry

Photo along the Monarch's Way, a 625-mile long-distance path running from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea, England.Highlight

Monarch's Way

Long-distance path

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

1 km N · spans 14 counties

Photo of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, a 46-mile canal running from Great Haywood Junction to Stourport-on-Severn, central England.

Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal

Canal

Brindley's cross-country link of 1772 from the Trent & Mersey to the Severn, ending at the purpose-built port of Stourport.

2 km W · Staffordshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands

Photo of Kinver Edge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Kinver Edge

SSSI near Kinver

A wooded sandstone ridge above Kinver where families once lived in houses cut into the rock, now a National Trust reserve

4.6 km W

Photo of Holy Austin Rock Houses, a house near Kinver, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Holy Austin Rock Houses

House near Kinver

Restored troglodyte dwellings carved into the sandstone of Kinver Edge, the last inhabited rock houses in England, lived in until the 1960s.

4.8 km W

Photo of Kingsford Country Park, a country park near Kinver, Worcestershire, central England.

Kingsford Country Park

Country park near Kinver

A country park in Worcestershire.

5.5 km SW

Photo: Clent Hills, a viewpoint near Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, central England.Highlight

Clent Hills

Viewpoint near Chaddesley Corbett

National Trust hills of woodland and heath near Birmingham, with a summit topograph and views to the Cotswolds and Wales.

7.7 km SE