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Appendix 2 GCR, SSSI, County Geology Sites and RIGS within the area
Geological Conservation Review (GCR) Sites
| Code | Name | Block | Grid Ref |
| 3016 | Blackhalls Rocks | Marine Permian | |
| 2086 | Claxheugh Rock, Claxheugh (Ford) Cutting and Ford Quarry | Marine Permian | |
| 2985 | Crime Rigg Quarry | Permian–Triassic | |
| 3017 | Dawson's Plantation Quarry, Penshaw | Marine Permian | |
| 1966 | Fulwell Hills Quarries | Marine Permian | |
| 1963 | Gilleylaw Plantation Quarry | Marine Permian | |
| 1975 | Hawthorn Quarry | Marine Permian | |
| 2832 | High Moorsley Quarry | Marine Permian | |
| 1784 | Humbledon Hill Quarry | Marine Permian | |
| 1962 | Hylton Castle Cutting | Marine Permian | |
| 1944 | Marsden Bay | Coastal Geomorphology of England | |
| 2174 | Middridge Quarry | Permian - Triassic Reptilia | |
| 302 | Middridge Quarry | Palaeozoic Palaeobotany | |
| 2986 | Raisby Quarries | Marine Permian | |
| 1976 | Seaham | Marine Permian | |
| 2015 | Shippersea Bay, Easington | Quaternary of North-East England | |
| 3019 | Stony Cut, Cold Hesledon | Marine Permian |
Sites of Special Scientific Interest for which site details and management plans are held by Natural England
Each may contain more than one GCR site
Claxheugh Rockand Ford Limestone Quarry
CrimeRigg and Sherburn Quarries
Dawsons Plantation Quarry
Fulwelland Carley Hill Quarries
Gilleylaw Quarry
Hawthorn Quarry
High Moorsley
Humbledon Hill Quarry
Hylton Castle Cutting
Middridge Quarry
RaisbyHill Quarry
Seaham Harbour
Stony Cut, Cold Hesledon (ED) Durham
Trimdon Grange Quarry
Trow Point to Whitburn Steel
Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting
Wear River Bank
Durham County geology sites
| SITE NAME | SITE TYPE |
| Beacon Hill | Exposure/railway cutting |
| Bishop Middleham Quarry | Quarry |
| Castle Eden Dene | Exposures |
| Chilton Quarry | Abandoned quarry |
| Dene Holme | Exposure |
| Dropswell Farm Feature Deposit | Tufa mound |
| Easington Raised Beach | Exposure |
| Ferryhill Gap | Geomorphological |
| Hesleden Dene | Exposure |
| MIddridge Railway Cutting | Cutting |
| Old Town Quarry | Abandoned quarry |
| Old Quarrington Quarry | Abandoned quarry |
| Raisby Rail Cutting | Old railway cutting |
| Rough Furze Quarry | Disused dolomite quarry |
| Sheraton Kames | geomorphological |
| Shotton Valley East Side | Surface Build up |
| Thornley-Kelloe Meltwater Channels | Geomorphological |
| Thrislington Quarry | Active Quarry |
| Townfield Quarry, Easington | Disused Quarry |
| Easington Colliery Underground Tunnel | Disused tunnel; |
| Houghton Hill, Cut and Scarp | The RIGS designation includes areas adjoining the SNCI site to the north, consisting of two thin strips on each side of the A690. This area cuts through the Permian Escarpment and displays interesting Stratigraphy, Lithology and Sedimentology. | |
| North Dock Tufa | The area contains a recently discovered geologi-cal tufa dome which represents the best example of such a structure within the area. The tufa is a calcified dome consisting of various materials which is growing from the North Dock harbour wall as a result of an unknown water source. The feature is created by calcified water in the same way that stalactites and stalagmites are formed. | |
| Roker Cliffs And Parson's Rocks | This rocky shore is considered to be of great geological interest with its Magnesian Limestone cliffs and "Cannonball Limestone". The site is also of value to wading birds for feeding and roosting. The RIGS boundary extends approximately 0.3 km further south than the SNCI and includes the cliffs at the eastern entrance of Roker Park. | |
| Ryhope Beach | The site is an area of sea cliffs with a wave cut platform that is largely obscured by coastal sand and extensive deposits of cobble and boulder. The cliffs exhibit several erosional features of interest as well as four different geological and geomorphological rock types. | |
| Whelley Hill Quarry | Quarry face exposure of Magnesian limestone | |
| Crimdon Dene | Deep gorge environment revealing exposures of Magnesian limestone. The gorge forms steep sides consisting of face of Magnesian limestone in a fluvial environment. Glacial erratics can be found in the stream bed. | |
| Naisberry Quarry | Old quarry revealing various exposures of Magnesian limestone | |
| Hartlepool Headland | Wave washed platform of Magnesian limestone. The exposure reveals examples of stack and pillar coastal features. |
This list of RIGS is based on information provided at the time of the study — it is possible that other sites may have been proposed as RIGS.