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Disclaimer – details about parking and facilities may have changes since the author last visited these sites.

Note this is private property - you need to get permission for a visit.

Middlegate Quarry, South Ferriby, Lincolnshire

Summary -

Conservation status - SSSI

Parking – to be arranged when you book your visit

Facilities – toilets at site may be available

Access – quarry roads

Hazards – falling rocks; slippery walking

Safety and PPE – hard hat and sensible clothes. Walking boots when dry or wellies when wet

Geological highlights – Red Chalk Formation, Ferriby Chalk Formation and lower Turonian Chalk. Note - the quarry is partly flooded and there is no longer access to the Jurassic rocks.

Other interests there or nearby – Village and pub.

Middlegate Qy, general stratigrphy

General stratigraphy

Detailed stratigraphy -

Jurassic

Aptian, Albian and Cenomanian

Black Band Member and Turonian

Red Chalk Formation at South Ferriby

Red Chalk Formation

Grey Bed Member at South Ferriby

Black Band Member at Fouth Ferriby

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