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Bardon Quarry SSSI, Leicestershire - Photo : Mick Murphy, Natural England Bardon Quarry SSSI, Leicestershire
Active quarry, exposure site, finite site for mineralisation. more
Boscastle to Widemouth SSSI, Cornwall - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Boscastle to Widemouth SSSI, Cornwall
Coastal cliffs and foreshore, exposure site. more
Claverley Road Cutting SSSI, Shropshire - Photo: Peter Wakeley, Natural England. Claverley Road Cutting SSSI, Shropshire
Road cutting, exposure site. more
Clevedon Shore SSSI, Somerset - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Clevedon Shore SSSI, Somerset
Coastal cliffs and foreshore, finite site, mineral collecting more
Cross Hands Quarry SSSI - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Cross Hands Quarry SSSI, Warwickshire
Disused quarry, exposure site, fossil collecting, landfill site more
Grinshill Quarry SSSI, Shropshire - Photo: Colin Prosser, Natural England Grinshill Quarry SSSI, Shropshire
Active quarry, exposure site, fossil collecting more
Hope's Nose SSSI, Torquay, Devon - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Hope's Nose SSSI, Torquay, Devon
Coastal cliffs and foreshore, exposure site, finite site for mineralisation, mineral collecting more
Kilmersdon Road Quarry SSSI, Somerset - Photo: Dave Evans, Natural England. Kilmersdon Road Quarry SSSI, Somerset
Disused quarry, exposure site more
Kirtlington Quarry SSSI, Oxfordshire - Photo: Dave Evans, Natural England Kirtlington Quarry SSSI, Oxfordshire
Disused quarry, exposure site, Local Nature Reserve more
Lindisfarne SSSI, Northumberland - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Lindisfarne SSSI, Northumberland
Coastal cliffs and foreshore, exposure site, integrity site for geomorphology, finite buried interest site for quaternary sediments, National Nature Reserve more
Old Town Railway Cutting SSSI, Swindon, Wiltshire - Photo: Dave Evans, Natural England. Old Town Railway Cutting SSSI, Swindon, Wiltshire
Railway cutting, exposure site more
Porthleven Cliffs East SSSI, Cornwall - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Porthleven Cliffs East SSSI, Cornwall
Coastal cliffs, exposure site, coastal defences more
Purfleet Chalk Pits SSSI, Essex - Photo : Chris Gleed-Owen, Natural England Purfleet Chalk Pits SSSI, Essex
Disused quarry, exposure site more
Toad Rock - Photo : Mick Murphy, Natural England Rusthall Common SSSI, Kent
Static (fossil) geomorphological site, integrity site more
Skiddaw Group SSSI, Cumbria - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Skiddaw Group SSSI, Cumbria
Upland outcrop, underground mines, mine dumps, exposure site, integrity site for geomorphology, finite site for mineralisation more
Tideswell Dale, the Wye Valley SSSI, Derbyshire - Photo: Mick Murphy, Natural England Tideswell Dale, the Wye Valley SSSI, Derbyshire
Disused quarry, exposure site and finite buried interest site. more
Tilton Cutting SSSI, Leicestershire  - Photo: Peter Wakeley, Natural England Tilton Cutting SSSI, Leicestershire
Railway cutting, exposure site, finite site for certain fossil interests more
West Dorset Coast SSSI - Photo: Jonathan Larwood, Natural England West Dorset Coast SSSI
Coastal cliffs and foreshore, exposure site, fossil collecting more
Wren's Nest NNR, Dudley, West Midlands - Photo : Peter Wakely, Natural England Wren's Nest NNR, Dudley, West Midlands
Disused quarries, inland outcrop, exposure site, finite site for certain features, National Nature Reserve more
Writhlington SSSI, Somerset - Photo: Colin Prosser, Natural England Writhlington SSSI, Somerset
Finite site, fossil collecting more
 
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