Bardon Hill Quarry

Bardon Hill Quarry is a 58.2-hectare (144-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Coalville in Leicestershire.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.^[3][4]

Bardon Hill Quarry

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Leicestershire
Grid reference	SK 456 130[1]
Interest	Geological
Area	58.2 hectares[1]
Notification	1987[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This quarry has been operated for over 400 years and produces three million tonnes of rock a year, 15% of UK output. It exposes rocks from an andesitic Precambrian volcano, similar to the 1995 Montserrat eruption, about 570 million years ago. There are veins of quartz containing copper and gold.^[5]

There is no public access to the site.