Hulme Quarry (SSSI and NNR)
Location and Access Information
Grid Reference: SJ 929446
Triassic pebble beds
Hulme Quarry is located off Hulme Road, 5 km east of the centre of Stoke-on-Trent within Park Hall Country Park. Access is via the B5040 from Stoke or the A520. Parking is available at the visitor centre. The site is a National Nature Reserve (NNR).
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Geological Interest
This site provides magnificent exposures of the lower Triassic Cheshire Pebble Beds of the Sherwood Sandstone Group. The exposures comprise pebble/cobble conglomerates and sandstones, in units that coarsen upwards and vary laterally. Comparison with recent river sediments indicates that the Chester Pebble Beds were deposited by substantial, braided rivers that crossed the extensive desert plains of the Lower Triassic.
