- Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon
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Old Town Railway Cutting (grid reference SU153832) is a 1.78 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Swindon, Wiltshire, notified in 1975. It is near the site of the former Swindon Town railway station.
The site is notable for an unusual exposure of the Kimmeridge Clay formation.
Sources
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 23 July 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
Bratton Downs • Charnage Down Chalk Pit • Chilmark Quarries • Corsham Railway Cutting • Dead Maid Quarry • Dinton Quarry • Dinton Railway Cutting • Fyfield Down • Great Quarry, Swindon • Gripwood Quarry • Kellaways - West Tytherton, River Avon • Lady Down Quarry • The New Forest • Okus Quarry • Old Town Railway Cutting, Swindon • Piggledene • Seend Cleeve Quarry • Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting • Stanton St. Quintin Quarry & Motorway Cutting • Steeple Ashton • Stert Brook Exposure • Teffont Evias Quarry / Lane Cutting • Upper Chicksgrove Quarry • West Harnham Chalk Pit • Westbury Ironstone Quarry • Wootton Bassett Mud SpringNeighbouring areas: Avon • Berkshire • Dorset • Gloucestershire • Hampshire • Oxfordshire • Somerset
Categories:- United Kingdom Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
- Wiltshire geography stubs
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1975
- Railway cuttings in the United Kingdom
- Rail transport in Wiltshire
- Parks and Open Spaces in Swindon
- Transport in Swindon
- Geology of Wiltshire
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