Quarry face at Old Wingate
Introduction
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Quarry face at Old Wingate
Image: © Trevor Littlewood Taken: 18 Jan 2020
This is Wingate Quarry which was worked for magnesian limestone until the 1930s. It and the area south of it is now a Local Nature Reserve, the first of those to be established in County Durham. It's also an SSSI.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.731726
Longitude
-1.420586