Tytherington Quarry () is a 0.9
hectare
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geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
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near the village of
Tytherington,
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke, the latter three forming ...
,
notified in 1989.
The quarry is still working, operated by
Hanson
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* Hanson (band), an American pop rock band
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Aggregates, and is connected by rail on the
Thornbury branch line.
Sources
English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 13 July 2006)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
South Gloucestershire District
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1989
Quarries in Gloucestershire
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