Woodland, Quarry Banks Nature Reserve
Introduction
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Woodland, Quarry Banks Nature Reserve
Image: © Rose and Trev Clough Taken: 23 May 2016
The reserve slopes down from the Settle-Carlisle railway line on its eastern boundary, towards Pow Maughan Beck. Sandstone was quarried here in the 19th century for construction of the railway. In 1987 the land was donated by British Rail to the Cumbria Wildlife Trust http://www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/quarry-banks . Quarry Banks is dedicated to the memory of Allan Wilson, a former education adviser and Trust committee member.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.864408
Longitude
-2.847517