England's geological sites

This section gives an list of all geological sites in England and suggestions of places to visit.

To find out more, select the region and then the site you are interested in from the list below.

Definitions of geological terms can be found in the glossary.

East Midlands

Derbyshire
- Castleton Area (part of Castleton SSSI)
- Lathkill Dale (SSSI and NNR)
Leicestershire
- Bradgate Park (SSSI)
- Ketton Quarry (SSSI)
- Tilton Railway Cutting (SSSI)
Lincolnshire
- Gibraltar Point (SSSI)
- Welton-le-Wold Old Gravel Pits (SSSI)
Northamptonshire
- Collyweston Quarries
- Twywell Gullet
Nottinghamshire
- Caves of Nottingham
- Gibbet Hill River Cliffs

Bedfordshire
- Greensand Ridge Walk
- Totternhoe Stone Pit (SSSI)
Cambridgeshire
- Barnack Hills and Holes (SSSI and NNR)
- Gog Magog Hills
- Holme Fen (SSSI and NNR)
Essex
- Colne Estuary (SSSI)
- The Naze (SSSI)
Hertfordshire
- Hill End Pit
- Water End Swallow Holes (SSSI)
Norfolk
- Grime's Graves (SSSI)
- Hunstanton Cliffs (SSSI)
- West Runton Cliffs (SSSI)
Suffolk
- Bawdsey Cliff (SSSI)
- Dunwich Cliffs

Durham
- Durham Coast - Blackhall Rocks (SSSI)
- High Force - Teesdale (part of Upper Teesdale SSSI)
- Redcar Rocks (SSSI)
Northumberland
- Lindisfarne (SSSI)
- Roman Wall (includes the Roman Wall Escarpments SSSI)
- The Cheviot (SSSI)
Tyne and Wear
- Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting (SSSI)
- Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice (SSSI)

Cheshire
- Dee Cliffs Quarry (SSSI)
- Frodsham Railway and Road Cuttings (SSSI)
Cumbria
- Florence Mine (SSSI)
- Sedgwick Trail
- Wasdale Screes (SSSI)
Greater Manchester
- Lowside Brickworks (SSSI)
Lancashire
- Gait Barrows (SSSI and NNR)
- Pendle Hill
- Salt Hill and Bellman Park Quarries (SSSI)
Merseyside
- Sefton Coast - Ainsdale Sand Dunes

Buckinghamshire
- Pitstone Quarry (SSSI)
- Whiteleaf Hill
Greater London
- Gilbert's Pit - Charlton (SSSI)
Hampshire
- Alum Bay (part of Headon Warren and West High Down SSSI)
- Highcliffe to Milford Cliffs (SSSI)
- Whitecliff Bay (part of Whitecliff Bay and Bembridge Ledges SSSI)
Kent
- Dryhill (SSSI)
- Folkestone Warren (SSSI)
- Rusthall Common (SSSI)
Oxfordshire
- Dry Sandford Pit (SSSI)
- Magdalen Quarry (SSSI)
- Rock Edge Quarry (SSSI)
Surrey
- Devil's Punch Bowl (SSSI)
- Newland's Corner
Sussex - East and West
- Pett Level (SSSI)
- Seaford to Beachy Head (SSSI)
West Berkshire
- The Ridgeway

Cornwall
- Boscastle - Widemouth (SSSI)
- Kynance Cove (part of West Lizard SSSI)
Devon
- Axmouth - Lyme Regis undercliffs (SSSI and NNR)
- Burrator Quarries (SSSI)
- Saunton to Baggy Point (SSSI)
Dorset
- Kimmeridge Bay (part of South Dorset Coast SSSI)
- Lyme Regis to Bridport (part of West Dorset Coast SSSI)
Gloucestershire
- Cleeve Common (SSSI)
- Leckhampton (part of Leckhampton Hill and Charlton Kings Common SSSI)
North Somerset
- Aust Cliff (SSSI)
- Burrington Combe (SSSI)
- Kilmersdon Road Quarry (SSSI)
Somerset
- Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast (SSSI)
- Ebbor Gorge (SSSI)
Wiltshire
- Fyfield Down (SSSI)
- Great Quarry (SSSI) and Old Town Railway Cutting (SSSI)

Herefordshire
- Symonds Yat (part of Wye Vally SSSI)
- Wigmore Castle
Shropshire
- The Stiperstones (SSSI and NNR)
- Wenlock Edge (SSSI)
- Wrekin and the Ercall (SSSI)
Staffordshire
- Brown End Quarry (SSSI)
- Hulme Quarry (SSSI and NNR)
Warwickshire
- Burton Dasset Hills
- Cross Hands Quarry (SSSI)
- Shrewley Canal Cutting (SSSI)
West Midlands
- Doulton's Claypit (SSSI)
- Wren's Nest (SSSI and NNR)
Worcestershire
- Bredon Hill
- The Malvern Hills (SSSI)

East Riding of Yorkshire
- Flamborough Head (SSSI)
- Rifle Butts Quarry (SSSI)
- Withow Gap - Skipsea (SSSI)
North Yorkshire
- Malham - Arncliffe (SSSI)
- Newtondale
- Robin Hood's Bay - Maw Wyke to Beast Cliff (SSSI)
South Yorkshire
- Wharncliffe Crags (SSSI)
West Yorkshire
- Crimsworth Dean (SSSI)
- Micklefield Quarry (SSSI)
- South Elmshall Quarry (SSSI)