Newcastle-under-Lyme LoGS

Site Name	Grid ref.	Citation
Apedale Furnace Quarry, Apedale	SJ 822 485	Good exposure of the Cannel Row Coal with fossils to be found in the mudstones above the coal seam.
Birchenwood Quarry, Kidsgrove	SJ 855 542	One of the few large exposures of typical Coal Measure rock sequences.
Bradwell Wood Quarry, Newcastle-under-Lyme	SJ 843 504	Exposure of the Etruria Formation mudstones used in the local brick and tile industry.
Butterton Church Quarry, Whitmore	SJ 833 419	A prime example of the effects of an igneous dyke (Darwin’s Dyke) intruding into sandstone.
Heighley Lane Quarry, Madeley	SJ 773 469	Example of typical Lower Triassic rock facies.
Job’s Wood Quarry, Silverdale	SJ 823 460	Best local exposure of Hanchurch Sandstone in the Newcastle Formation.
Kent Hill Quarry, Audley Rural	SJ 789 509	Represents a very rare example of an adit-worked conglomerate quarry.
Madeley Heath Tileries, (Ridgehill Clay Pit), Madeley	SJ 788 452	Example of a large quarry exposing Etruria Formation mudstones topped by siltstones of the Newcastle Formation.
Miry Quarry, Apedale	SJ 812 494	Rare exposure of the significant time-boundary indicator bed – the Vanderbeckei Marine Band.
Mount Pleasant Quarries, (East), Kidsgrove	SJ 851 565	Example of Millstone Grit showing large fault structures with baryte mineral veins.
Mow Cop Folly Quarries, Kidsgrove	SJ 857 573	Impressive ridge outcrop of Millstone Grit.
Quarry Bank Quarry, Keele	SJ 807 461	The prime exposure of the red Keele Sandstone.
Red Hill Rifle Range, Maer	SJ 786 397	Examples of Triassic braided river plain and aeolian dunefield sedimentary structures.

Source: SGAP. Note that these sites do not indicate public access – landowners’ permission must be sought.