Quarry Moor
Quarry Moor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, or SSSI, at the south edge of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, and adjacent to the A61 road. It contains an outcrop of Magnesian Limestone, exposed by former quarrying.Places of Interest
Highlights include Studley Royal Park and Ripon Cathedral.
Studley Royal Park
Garden
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Studley Royal Park is an estate in North Yorkshire, England. The site has an area of 800 acres and includes an 18th-century landscaped garden; the ruins of Fountains Abbey; Fountains Hall, a Jacobean mansion; and the Victorian St Mary's church, designed by William Burges.
Ripon Cathedral
Church
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England.
Markenfield Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Dennis Lovett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Markenfield Hall is an early 14th-century moated manor house about 3 miles south of Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Markenfield Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sharow and Hutton Conyers.
Sharow
Village
Photo: David Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sharow is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is about 1 mile north-east of Ripon. The name Sharow derives from the Old English of 'Scearu' and 'Hōh' which translates as boundary hill-spur or a share/division of a sharply projecting piece of land.
Hutton Conyers
Village
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hutton Conyers is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near the River Ure and 1-mile north-east of Ripon. The parish extends from the River Ure to the A1 motorway, and includes the village of Nunwick.
Ingerthorpe
Hamlet
Ingerthorpe is a hamlet and former civil parish about 7 miles from Harrogate, now in the parish of Markington with Wallerthwaite, in the county of North Yorkshire, England.
Quarry Moor
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: site of Special Scientific Interest in North Yorkshire, England
- Categories: Site of Special Scientific Interest and recreation area
- Location: Ripon, Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1187° or 54° 7′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.5289° or 1° 31′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C6W4F9C+FFOpenStreetMap ID
way 332713734OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q80448424
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