Staunton Quarry

Staunton Quarry includes a well-vegetated water body, some grassland, planted poplars, and other broadleaved woodland.

Location

Valley Lane

Nottinghamshire

OS Map Reference

SK 804461

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Know before you go

Access

The entrance to Stonepit Plantation is at the eastern end of its northern boundary, at SK 804461, off Valley Lane. From there, visitors can follow a circular path. Staunton Quarry has two circular paths, one largely keeping to the boundary, and the other restricted to the centre of the site. To reach the southern section of the reserve, the visitor can branch off the Stonepit Plantation circular path and walk south inside the hedgeline east of Grange Lane, before entering the north-western corner of Staunton Quarry at SK 804458. There is also a gateway very close to this entrance, which allows visitors access from Grange Lane.

Dogs

On a lead

When to visit

Opening times

Open all year round

Best time to visit

Summer

About the reserve

This is one of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trusts smaller nature reserves, with a total area of only 2.5ha. Furthermore, nearby Stonepit Plantation and Staunton Quarry are separated from each other by wildlife rich intervening land and are both barely larger than 1ha.

Staunton Quarry is unusual within Nottinghamshire, in being the only one entirely on strata of Liassic age. Furthermore, the calcareous nature of those rocks supports a flora that is not at all common in the county. Consequently, the flora includes species which are scarce locally, such as brookweed, fen pondweed and giant bellflower.