Bedfordshire Fossil Collecting and Geological Guide to Houghton Quarry and thousands of photos

Fossils and fossil collecting in
Houghton Quarry , Bedfordshire
Location summary information for collecting fossils in Houghton, Bedfordshire

Houghton Quarry

Houghton Quarry is an abandoned Quarry formerly used to extract chalk for a cement works on site. Quarrying stopped about 40 years ago but only parts are overgrown, leaving an enormous amount of clean chalk and a good amount as boulders on the quarry floor.

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Location Information
	Inspite of this quarry being closed for over 40 years, there is plenty to find with good-clean chalk faces still within this quarry.
	(Not Suitable for Children) Although fossils can be collected by examining boulders on the quarry floor and paths, we cannot recommend any large quarries for children due to the safety of the site.
	Easy, A 230 m walk along the Icknield Way footpath from the Chalk Hill pub car park (uphill) or a 165 m walk (flat) from on road parking in Millers Way.
	Disused Quarry Quarry, fossils can be found on the quarry floor and in the cliff sections
ACCESS RIGHTS	Please obtain permission from the landowner before entering this quarry.

Grid Reference

British National Grid	TL 00878 23539
Degrees	51.90126°N, 0.53519°W

! IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES !

We recommend that hard hats are worn at all times at this location. Extreme care should be taken, especially along the path which is overgrown and slippery and at one point, the path narrows due to erosion and there is a 3m drop where there is no fence!

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