Finedon Top Lodge Quarry

Finedon Top Lodge Quarry
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationNorthamptonshire
Grid referenceSP 926 699
InterestGeological
Area0.9 hectares
Notification1986
Location mapMagic Map
1km
0.6miles
Quarry
River Ise
River Nene
Location of Finedon Top Lodge Quarry, a Northamptonshire SSSI.

Finedon Top Lodge Quarry, also known as Finedon Gullet (and in the 1960s documented as 'Wellingborough No. 5 Pit') is a 0.9-hectare (2.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site revealing a sequence of middle Jurassic limestones, sandstones and ironstones, and is the type section for a sequence of sedimentary rocks known as the 'Wellingborough Member'. It was created by quarrying for the underlying ironstone for use at Wellingborough and Corby Steelworks; the ore was transported by the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) gauge Wellingborough Tramway.