BLACKBURN | | | | |
Bl 1 | Alum Scar, Pleasington | SD 62 NW | SD 635 280 | Disused quarry |
Bl 2 | Billinge Hill. Blackburn | SD 62 NE | SD 658 282 | Disused quarry & natural crags |
Bl 3 | Cadshaw Gorge, Darwen/Turton | SD 71 NW | SD 707 181 | Natural outcrop and disused quarry |
Bl 4 | Jumbles Reservoir | SD 71 SW and SD 71 NW | SD 736 149 | Coal seams and fossil tree in quarry face |
B l5 | Round Barn (Naze) Quarry | SD 71 NW | SD 728 192 | Disused quarry in Rough Rock and Lower Haslingden Flags |
BURNLEY | | | | |
Bu 1 | Copy Clough, Towneley Park, Burnley | SD 83 SE | SD 853 308 | Cannel coal overlain by dark splintery shale with fossils |
Bu 2 | Holme Chapel, Cliviger valley | SD 83 SE and SD 82 NE | SD 880 275 | Stream section & hillside outcrop |
Bu 3 | Hurstwood - Shedden | SD 82 NE | SD 890 300 | Stream section |
Bu 4 | Wasnop Edge/Delf Hill | SD 93 SW SD 83 SE | SD 910 325 | Suite of meltwater channels |
Bu 5 | Coal Clough | SD 92 NW | SD 904 273 | Stream section with coal seam and marine band |
Bu 6 | Snipe Rake, Accrington | SD 72 NE | SD 787 293 | Disused quarry |
CHORLEY | | | | |
C 1 | Anglezarke & Leicester Mill Quarries | SD 61 NW | SD 618 164 | Disused quarries in Namurian Fletcher Bank Grit |
C 2 | Dean Brook - Rivington | SD 61NW | SD 630 154 | Lancashire Wildlife Trust reserve - access by permit only |
C 3 | Dean Brook - White Coppice and Sronstrey Bank | SD 61 NW | Grid squares SD 6118, 6218 | Fault controlled scarp, stream section & disused lead mines |
C 4 | Denham Hill Quarry, Brindle | SD 52 SE | SD 591 229 | Disused quarry in Revidge Grit with large ironstone nodules |
C 5 | Jack Green, Brindle | SD52NE | SD 596 252 | Stream bank exposing marine band in shales between Revidge Grit and Hazel Greave Grit |
C 6 | Lead Mines Clough, Anglezarke | SD 61 NW | SD 629 163 | Stream section with fault, marine band, coal seam & disused lead mines |
C 7 | Mawdesley Road Cutting | SD 41 NE | SD 497 150 | Road cutting in Triassic sandstone |
C 8 | The Horr, River Darwen, Hoghton | SD 62 NW | SD 628 263 | Proto- Darwen river diversion gorge & disused quarry in Revidge Grit |
C 9 | River Yarrow, Eccleston Bridge | SD 51 NW | SD 513 177 | Very active river meander |
C 10 | Chorley Moraine | SD 62 SW | SD 602 233 | Stagnant ice features and meltwater channel |
C 11 | River Lostock, Cuerden Valley Park | SD 52 NE | SD 567 235 | Meandering river within major meltwater channel |
FYLDE | | | | |
F 1 | Lytham St. Annes - Starr Hills Dunes | SD 33 SW | SD 310 305 | Rare dune system |
HYNDBURN | | | | |
H1 | Snipe Rake, Accrington | SD 72 NE | SD 787 293 | Disused quarry |
H2 | Oswaldtwistle Moor | SD 72 SW | SD 737 244 | Hummocky moraine: blanket bog |
H3 | Turn Hill, Whalley | SD 73 NW | SD 738 354 | Pendle Grit outcrop on hillock |
LANCASTER | | | | |
L 1 | Burton Well, Silverdale | SD 47 NE & SD 47 SE | SD 470 753 | Limestone emergent and well, surrounded by striking cliffs and areas of pavement. |
L 2 | Catshaw Greave, Bowland | SD 55 SE | SD 558 522 | Stream section demonstrating glacial till and incised meanders |
L 3 | Dunald Mill Hole, Nether Kellet | SD 56 NW | SD 515 677 | Entrance to cave system, only accessible to potholers |
L 4 | Heysham Head & Red Nab (010?) | SD 46 SW | SD 407 615 | Cliffs - coastal & inland; wave-cut platform |
L 5 | Jack Scout/Silverdale shore | SD 47 NE and SD 47 SE | Squares SD 4573, 4574, 4575 | Three sites along Silverdale shore of Morecambe Bay |
L 6 | Kirk House, Over Kellet | SD 56 NW | SD 525 697 | Inland limestone crags and pavement (same strata at Trowbarrow) |
L 7 | Lundsfield Quarry North, Carnforth | SD 46 NE and SD 47 SE | SD 499 699 | Old sand quarry associated with BHS in residential development |
L 8 | Red Bank coastal drumlin, Bolton le Sands | SD 46 NE | SD 471 679 | Drumlin (with trig point) with large erratic boulders |
L 9 | River Keer section, Capernwray | SD 57 SW | SD 530 719 | Small stream section |
L 10 | Swantley reef knoll, Nether Kellet | SD 56 NW | SD 524 677 | Limestone reef knoll |
L 11 | Wegber Quarry, Capernwray | SD 57 SW | SD 530 722 | Old limestone quarry with trace fossils |
L 12 | Whorley's Moss | SD 56 NW | SD 500 687 | Kettlehole/mire |
L 13 | Kellet Quarries (details to be revised) | SD 56 NW | SD 5169 | Working quarries in Urswick Limestone |
L 14 | Rough Lot and Gibson Wood Colliery | SD 56 SW | SD 526 611 | Ancient coal workings, bell pits; mainly industrial archaeology |
L 15 | Artle Beck Gorge | SD 56 SE | SD 552 624 | Downstream from grid reference -glacial diversion gorge; major section in Ward's Stone Sandstone (potential for SSSI designation) |
L 16 | Baines Crag (nearby bioturbated sst with fossils) | SD 56 SW | SD 542 619 | Ward's Stone Sandstone exposures and viewpoint |
L 17 | Halton gorge and Quernmore valley | SD 56 SW | Grid squares SD 5160, 5161, 5261, 5262, 5263, 5264, 5164, 5064 | Extensive suite of glacial and fluvioglacial landforms |
L 18 | Conder Head | SD 56 SW | Grid squares SD 5360, 5361, 5461 | Glacial meltwater channels |
L 19 | Warton Dolines, Deepdale Pond, Hawes Water and Three Brothers | SD 47 NE and SD 47 SE | Grid squares SD 4973, 4974, 4975, 4776 | Dolines |
L 20 | Cockersand Abbey coastal rock | SD 45 SW | SD 427 533 | Rare outcrop of Sherwood (Triassic) sandstone |
| Cockersand Abbey Farm | SD 45 SW | SD 431 536 | Large erratic boulder of Shap granite |
L 21 | River Lune at Tunstall | SD 67 SE | SD 600 730 | Active river channel |
L 22 | Warton Crag | SD 47 SE | SD 491 724 | Dinantian limestones around Warton Crag Quarry (NGR given) and Scout Quarry |
L 23 | Caton Dyke | SD 56 SE | SD 5631 6300 | Exposure in Caton Dyke |
L 24 | Swaintley Hill | SD 56 SE | SD 5861 6257 | Fluvio-glacial perforation deposit |
L 25 | Little Fell Quarry | SD 56 SW | SD 5089 6000 | Ward's Stone Sandstone; west limb of Quernmore syncline |
PENDLE | | | | |
Pen1 | Castercliffe & Tum Hill | SD 83 NE | SD 885 384 SD 885 387 | Bell pit/mineshafts and glacial drainage channel |
Pen2 | Salterforth railway cutting | SD 84 NE | SD 889 459 | Pendleside limestone |
PRESTON | | | | |
P 1 | Bradleys sand pit, Broughton (at risk?) | SD 53 SW | SD 510 340 | Quarry. Partly used for waste recycling - needs checking |
P 2 | River Brock, Brock Bottom | SD 54 SW | Grid squares SD 5341, 5442, 5441 | River incised through Upper Bowland Shales with marine band |
P 3 | Penwortham Old Bridge | SD 52 NW | SD 530 282 | Outcrops of Triassic Sherwood sandstone in stream bed best seen at low tide |
P 4 | Higher Brockholes | SD 53 SE | SD 585 305 | Former floodplain sand pit |
RIBBLE VALLEY | | | | |
RV 1 | Brennand and Whitendale valleys, Bowland | SD 65 SE and SD 65 SW | SD 653 533 to SD 659 573 and SD 6354 & 6454 | Stream sections in Pendle Grit aand Bowland Shales in Whitendale and Brennand rivers |
RV 2 | Crag Wood and Bracken Hill Quarries, Trough of Bowland | SD 65 SW | SD 628 518 | Disused quarry in folded limestone at Sykes anticline |
RV 3 | Cutlers and Dale House Quarries, near Chipping | SD 64 SW | SD 624 401 | Disused Pendleside limestone quarries |
RV 4 | Dinckley Gorge, Salesbury/Dutton | SD 63 NE | SD 675 358 | Glacial diversion gorge displaying section through Sabden Shales, Warley Wise Grit, Copster Green sst, Pendle Grit |
RV 5 | Fooden sulphur spring, near Bolton by Bowland | SD 74 NE | SD 799 489 | Spring |
RV 6 | Hodder river section, near Great Mitton | SD 73 NW and SD 64 SE | SD 700 400 | River bank section in Lower Bowland Shales |
RV 7 | Lane Head/Hookcliffe Brook,Downham | SD 74 SE | SD 798 432 | Stream section in Hodderense to Pendleside limestone |
RV 8 | Nick of Pendle, Pendle Hill | SD 73 NE | SD 772 385 | Disused quarries in Pendle Grit |
RV 9 | Phynis Beck. Slaidbum | SD 75 NW and SD 75 SW | SD 713 550 | Stream section in Hodder Mudstone Formation |
RV 10 | Sandy Bridge Quarry, Hurst Green | SD 63 NE | SD 682 387 | Disused quarry in Warley Wise Grit |
RV 11 | Sugar Loaf and Boarsden Quarries, Bowland | SD 65 SE | SD 671 507 and SD 684 501 | Disused quarries in Clitheroe limestone |
RV 12 | Wiswell Moor Quarry, near Whalley | SD 73 NE | SD 753 370 | Disused quarry in Pendle Grit |
RV 13 | Blacksticks Farm | SD 54 SE | SD 594 426 | Small outcrop of Bowland Shales on the Thornley anticline |
RV 14 | Stakes Farm | SD 64 SW | SD 646 438 | Outcrop of Pendleside Limestone Fm in core of Thornley anticline. Hodder glacial diversion? |
RV 15 | Dinkling Green | SD 64 NW and SD 64 NE | Grid squares SD 6346, 6446, 6546, 6447 | Cluster of Waulsortian mudmounds with mineralisation |
RV 16 | Bowland Knotts | SD 76 SW | SD 726 606 | Outcrop of Brennand Grit and watershed |
RV 17 | Skirden Beck | SD74 NE | SD 781 484 | Active braided/meandering channel |
RV 18 | Hall Hill Quarry (at risk) | SD 64 NE | SD 667 466 | Classic cross-section of Waulsortian mudmound |
RV 19 | Bashall Brook | SD 74 SW | SD 723 432 | Excellent exposure in glacial/fluvioglacial deposits. Esker. |
RV 20 | Cross Hill Quarry | SD74 SW | SD 745 434 | Exposure of Chatburn Limestone |
RV 21 | Blue Scar, Whitendale | SD 65 SE and SD 65 SW | SD 656 546 | Hind Sandstone injected into Bowland Shales |
ROSSENDALE | | | | |
Ross1 | Stacksteads gorge | SD 81 NE | SD 806 168 | Glacial diversion gorge |
Ross2 | Hill End | SD 82 SW | SD 822 224 | Kame terrace |
Ross3 | Mam Hill | SD 81 NW | SD 812 156 | Part of extensive meltwater channel suite |
Ross4 | Thurns Head Quarry | SD 81 NW | SD 873 187 | Massive load structures and industrial archaeology |
Ross5 | Fletcher Bank Quarry | SD 81 NE | SD 806 168 | Excellent series of cross-sections through deltaic channels |
Ross6 | Reaps Moss | SD 82 SW | SD 892 231 | Saddle mire with dated peat cores |
Ross7 | Newchurch erratic | SD 82 SW | SD 8334 2272 | Large Ribblesdale ice erratic |
Ross8 | Lee and Green's Quarry | SD 82 SE | SD 865 209 | Quarrying/industrial archaeology |
SOUTH RIBBLE | | | | |
SR 1 | Roach Bridge. Samlesbury | SD 52 NE | SD 599 289 | Stream section in Triassic Sherwood sandstone. |
SR 2 | Bannister Hall Weir | SD 52 NW | SD 5888 2811 | River section in Sherwood Sandstone |
WEST LANCASHIRE | | | | |
WL 1 | Aughton Park Station, Aughton | SD 40 NW | SD 407 067 | Railway cutting through Triassic sandstone |
WL 2 | Crossens Pumping Station, near Southport | SD 32 SE | SD 377 207 (check GR) | Erratic boulder of Criffel granite |
WL 3 | Pimbo Bush Quarry, Skelmersdale | SD 50 SW | SD 515 031 | Disused quarry in Westphalian sandstones and shales |
WL 4 | Scarth Hill Quarry, Ormskirk | SD 40 NW | SD 430 067 | Disused quarry in Triassic Sherwood sandstone |
WL 5 | Skellow Clough. Bispham | SD 41 SE | SD 488 128 | Stream section showing Carboniferous/Permian unconformable boundary |
WL 6 | The Ruff, Ormskirk | SD 40 NW | SD 428 075 | Disused quarry in Triassic Sherwood sandstone. In country park. |
WL 7 | Sollom erratics | SD 41 NE | SD 4549 1853 | Large Lake District Borrowdale Volcanic erratics at field entrance and Namurian erratic 10m away. |
WYRE | | | | |
W 1 | Barnacre Brook, near Preston | SD 54 NW | SD 511 460 | River section. Marine band within turbidites |
W 2 | Wild Goose Wood, near Garstang | SD 54 NW | SD 504 452 | Railway cutting. Triassic Sherwood sandstone |
W 3 | Knott End/Preesall drumlins | SD 34 NW and SD 34 NE | Grid squares SD 3445, 3446, 3447, 3543, 3544, 3545, 3546, 3547, 3644, 3645, 3646, 3647 | River bank section showing till and drumlin field to landward |