Hoe Grange Quarry

UK Wildlife Trusts

Currently closed to visitors due to unstable rockfaces/rockfall. YesThere is a stile at the entrance to get into this reserve. This disused limestone quarry is owned by Longcliffe Quarries. The site has not been worked since the 1970s which means that nature has had plenty of time to develop. For a site of just short of 5 hectares it packs in a good mix of habitats. As you would expect there are still areas of bare ground which provide an ideal place for insects to sunbathe. Surrounding these is beautiful flower rich short limestone grassland whilst at the fringes of the quarry is taller grass and woodland. There is even a disused dew pond which we hope to restore in time. The quarry is particularly of interest because of the number of diversity of butterflies which occur here. Volunteers from Butterfly Conservation Trust have been walking a weekly transect at Hoe Grange for a few years and their results are fantastic, they have recorded a total of 24 different species of butterfly.

Managed by

UK Wildlife Trusts

Location

DE4 4HX