Located just outside Kiplingcotes hamlet, Kiplingcotes Chalk Pit Nature Reserve is a disused quarry which is now a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Amongst the chalk grassland, you will find …
Natural spring and restored well - information board gives a good background to the site. Lots of ribbons tied on a tree for good luck, which is very reminiscent of the tanabata festival in Japan.
Maintained by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Rifle Butts Quarry was created to provide stone for the construction of the railway line adjacent to the nature reserve. The site was then …