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Combe Down and Bathampton Down Quarries
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines is located in Somerset
Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST761625
Coordinates51°21′40″N 2°20′41″W / 51.36106°N 2.34465°W / 51.36106; -2.34465
InterestBiological
Area15.37 acres (0.0622 km2; 0.02402 sq mi)
Notification1991 (1991)
Natural England website

Combe Down and Bathampton Down Quarries (grid reference ST761625) make up a 6.22 hectare (15.37 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Bath and North East Somerset, England, important for its bat population. The disused quarries date from the 17th and 18th centuries and were the source of Bath stone for the city of Bath and elsewhere in the UK. A five-year project to stabilise the quarry workings was largely completed by November 2009.

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