Greater Approved RIGS Sites

Local RIGS Grid Ref Site Name Location Features Authority Ref , BN01 SD 7466 0673 CP Rock sandstone Cemetery , Pennine Lower Coal Bolton BN02 SD 735 118 Longsight Measures Bradshaw Brook, Bolton BN03 SD 7363 0962 Seven Acres CP Park Coal Seam Tonge Fold (1) Horrocks Fold Bolton BN04 SD 699 133 Horrocks Fold Ousel Nest Grit sandstone Quarry No 2 Millstone Grit Grp to Pennine Bury BY01 SD 8115 1308 Gorses Quarry Limefield Coal Measures Canal Chester Pebble Beds red Manchester MR01 SJ 8330 9756 Castlefield Deansgate sandstones Chester Pebble Beds Manchester MR02 SJ 8323 9751 Coal Wharf Car Park Castlefield Red sandstones SJ 8587 9380 to Fallowfield Loop Collyhurst S’st, Manchester Manchester MR03 Fallowfield SJ 8679 9377 Cutting Marl, Ardwick L’st Man University Oxford Rd Rocks of various types and Manchester MR04 SJ 845 966 Geology Garden campus ages Erratic in Quadrangle Oxford Rd Andesitic lava, quartzite Manchester MR05 SJ 846 967 Man University campus glacial pebbles Blenfire Rock sandstone, OM01 SD 941 042 Glodwick Brickpit Glodwick coal seam Healey Dell Rough Rock, Helpet Rock, Rochdale RE01 SD 881 160 Healey Dell Nature Reserve, Pennine Lower Coal Broadley Measures Rochdale Cemetery Various examples of UK Rochdale RE02 SD 880 132 Broadhalgh Geology Trail rocks SD7695 0440 to , Clifton Chester Pebble Beds, SD01 Clifton Park SD 7790 0390 Country Park Pennine Mid Coal Measures , Poise Poise Brook ST01 SJ 924 897 Collyhurst Sandstone Brook Nature Res SJ 9251 8974 to Poise Brook Red Poise Brook Colleyhurst S’st, Pennine Stockport ST02 SJ 9256 8950 Rock Fault Nature Res Lower Coal Measures Tame Valley TE01 SJ 9312 9300 Arden Bridge (1) Blenfire Rock sandstone Recreation Area Tameside TE02 SD 9424 0237 Park Bridge Quarry Park Bridge CP Chamber Rock sandstone

Main Drive Cutting, WN01 SD 5855 0715 Haigh Hall CP Middle Coal Measures Haigh Hall CP Recepticle Delph or Wigan WN02 SD 5855 0715 Haigh Hall CP Middle Coal Measures Alms House Delph

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