Warwickshire Local Geological Sites
Geological
Period 		Group  
  
Formation
Members
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Ma
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Quaternary

2.5 - present
 Severn and Avon Catchment 
Warwickshire Avon Valley
Frog Hall
Pershore Sands & Gravels
Cropthorne Sands & Gravel
New Inn Sands & Gravel
Wasperton Sands & Gravel
Bretford Sands & Gravel
48 Old Milverton RiverTerraces 49 River Arrow Studley 51 River Avon - Stratford Racecourse  64 Marsh Farm Salford Priors 72 Paul’s Ford, Attleborough98 The Dumble Tufa Springs
Albion Glacigenic Wolston
Dunsmore Gravel
Oadby
Wolston Clay
Thrussington
47 Royal Oak Gravel Pit & Cutting 79 Pagets Lane Pit 90 Wood Farm Quarry 
Bytham Catchments Baginton Sand & Gravel
 79 Pagets Lane Pit90 Wood Farm Quarry






Jurassic

142 -206
 Great Oolite
 Chipping Norton Limestone
 56 Weston Park Lodge Quarry 63 Traitors Ford Quarries 87 Brailes Hill No. 1 –geological

Inferior Oolite
 Grantham Formation
 80 Brailes Hill No 2 Geomorphological87 Brailes Hill No 1 Geological
Northampton Sand
 33 Burton Dassett Hills 38 Winderton Road Cutting 76 Windmill Hill, Tysoe80 Brailes Hill No 2 Geomorphological 87 Brailes Hill No. 1 –geological







Lias

 Whitby Mudstone
 33 Burton Dassett Hills 50 Avonhill Quarry 77 The Humpty Dumpty Field
Marlstone Rock
 33 Burton Dassett Hills 35 Edge Hill Quarries 50 Avonhill Quarry 59 A422 Quarry Hornton 77 The Humpty Dumpty Field 85 Warmington Church Marlstone Exposure 88 Edge Hill Farm Quarry
Dyrham
 33 Burton Dassett Hills 36 Meon Hill Barn 50 Avonhill Quarry 84 Edge Hill Landslip 89 Napton Hill Sandstone Doggers
Charmouth Mudstone
 58 Napton Industrial Estate 78 Ettington Road Cutting 84 Edge Hill Landslip
Blue Lias
Rugby Limestone
Wilmcote Limestone
Saltford Shale
 21 Parkfield Road Quarry 31 Southam Cement Quarries 45 Temple Grafton Quarry 60 Round Hill Road Cutting 83 Southam Bypass Cutting 95 Newbold Quarry 








Triassic

206 - 248
Penarth
 Lilstock
Langport
Cotham
 32 Dark Lane Copse Quarry 52 Ufton Hill Farm 60 Round Hill Road Cutting
Westbury
 69 Marlcliff



Mercia Mudstone
 Blue Anchor
  60 Round Hill Road Cutting 69 Marlcliff
Branscombe Mudstone
Arden Sandstone
  28 Rowington Canal Cutting 54 Mows Hill Dingle 
Sidmouth Mudstone
 28 Rowington Canal Cutting 
Tarporley Siltstone
 12 Judkins Quarry  86 Paul's Land Quarry
Sherwood Sandstone
 Bromsgrove Sandstone
 13 Midland Quarry 14 Stockingford Railway Cutting 25 Quarryfield House Quarry 29 Milverton Section, River Avon 30 Rock Mill Quarry 43 Baginton Garden Centre 81 North Woodloes Quarry 86 Paul's Land Quarry99 Bell Green Road
Polesworth
 1 Roundberry Quarry

Hopwas Breccia
 66 Polesworth Railway Cutting67 Stipers Hill Plantation

Permian

248 - 290





Warwickshire
Ashow
 27 Ashow Site 91 Cherry Orchard Brickpit
Kenilworth Sandstone
Gibbet Hill Conglomerate
 22 Gibbett Hill Middle Quarry 26 Kenilworth Castle Quarry 94 Kings Hill Nurseries 97 Kenilworth Cutting (Coventry Road)





Carboniferous

290 - 354
 Tile Hill Mudstone
 65 Canley Brook
Salop
Allesley
Whitacre (Arley & Exhall)
Keresley (Corley)
 15 Arley Tunnel Cutting– West 16 Hill Cottage Quarry 17 Newdigate Colliery Mineral Railway Cutting 18 Corley Cutting 20 Coventry Ring Road 53 Hill Farm Quarry - Maxstoke 70 Meriden Hill Cutting 92 Chapel Green, Fillongley 93 Hill Plantation, Maxstoke  96 Staircase Lane, Allesley
100 Astley Castle Moat 101 Astley Castle Dark Lane
Halesowen
 4 Whateley Quarry 5 Kingsbury Brickworks 46 Baxterley Quarry
Etruria
 5 Kingsbury Brickworks


Pennine Coal Measures
 Uppper Coal Measures 46 Baxterley Quarry
Middle Coal Measures 57 Claybrookes Marsh Spoil Tip66 Polesworth Railway Cutting
Lower Coal measures
 57 Claybrookes Marsh Spoil Tip 66 Polesworth Railway Cutting 68 Griff No. 4 Quarry
Millstone Grit
11 Moor Wood Railway Cutting
Devonian

354 - 417
Oldbury Farm Sandstone
 8 Mancetter Hill Farm Quarry


Ordovician

443 - 495
 Midlands Minor Intrusive Suite
 9 Oldbury Quarry 12 Judkins Quarry 13 Midland Quarry 41 Purley Quarry 42 Moor Wood Quarry 68 Griff No. 4 Quarry 71 Oldbury Grange Sills74 Griff Hollows






Stockingord Shale
 Merevale Shale
 82 Merevale Lane Cutting







Cambrian

495 - 545
 Monks Park Shale
Moor Wood Sandstone
Outwoods Shale
 9 Oldbury Quarry 11 Moor Wood Railway Cutting 14 Stockingford Railway Cutting 41 Purley Quarry 42 Moor Wood Quarry 55 Moorwood Farm Quarry 71 Oldbury Grange Sills
Mancetter Shale
 14 Stockingford Railway Cutting
Abbey Shale
 7 Steppy Lane Section 14 Stockingford Railway Cutting
Purley Shale
 7 Steppy Lane Section 10 Jee's Quarry 14 Stockingford Railway Cutting

Hartshill Sandstone
Woodlands
Home Farm
Jee's
Tuttle Hill
Park Hill
Boon's
 10 Jee's Quarry 12 Judkins Quarry
Pre-Cambrian

545 -     
Charnian
 Caldecote Volcanics
 12 Judkins Quarry

Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group