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Bishop Middleham

Bishop Middleham Quarry

Bishop Middleham Quarry is a disused quarry, about 4 kilometres north-west of , County Durham, England. Quarry-working here ceased in 1934, and the site has since been colonised by vegetation.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: Disused quarry in County Durham, England
  • Also known as: “Bishop Middleham Quarry Nature Reserve”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fishburn and St Catherine.

Aerodrome
Airfield is a small grass strip airfield in , . The airfield was opened on 30 June 1995 by the then local MP and Leader of the Opposition Tony Blair.

Church
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is a church.

Ruins
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is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferryhill and Coxhoe.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England, with an estimated population in 2018 of 8,857. The town grew in the 1900s around the coal mining industry.

Village
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is a village in , England. It is situated about 5 miles south of Durham City centre. The civil parish also includes nearby .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , in . It is situated about 12 miles west of . The population was 2,454, increasing to 2,588 at the 2011 Census.

Bishop Middleham Quarry

Latitude
54.6876° or 54° 41′ 15″ north
Longitude
-1.4866° or 1° 29′ 12″ west
Operator
Durham Wildlife Trust
Open location code
9C6WMGQ7+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 36001065
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q4917656
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bishop Middleham and Mainsforth.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stony Beck Lake and Bishop Middleham Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bishop Middleham Quarry”. Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.