One of the country's most important disused quarry habitats for wildlife. Bishop Middleham Quarry is a stunning wild space, rich in wildflowers that favour magnesian limestone grasslands.

Located on the Durham Heritage Coast, this area features geological exposures and internationally important grassland communities, which combine to produce a site with a unique character.

An extensive area of magnesian limestone grassland with all the classic indicator species that define this internationally rare plant community.

One of Durham characteristic coastal denes, this nature reserve includes a small woodland with an abundance of hazel stands.

There is currently no public access to this nature reserve.
One of the few remnants of species-rich magnesian limestone grasslands with areas of lowland fen and patches of scrub.