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High Moorsley is a small village 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Hetton-le-Hole in the City of Sunderland, north east England.

It is the site of the first weather radar system in the north-east, officially opened in July 2009.[1]

High Moorsley Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its Permian magnesian limestone formation.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Weather radar will help prevent flooding". Newcastle upon Tyne: The Journal. 2009-07-16. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/07/16/weather-radar-will-help-prevent-flooding-61634-24164408/. Retrieved 2009-07-16.  
  2. ^ "High Moorsley Quarry". http://www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount2832.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-16.  
  3. ^ "High Moorsley". http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001031.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-16.  
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear
City of Sunderland
Claxheugh Rock and Ford Limestone Quarry • Dawson's Plantation Quarry • Durham Coast • Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries • Gilley Law Quarry • Hastings Hill • Herrington Hill • Hetton Bogs • High Haining Hill • High Moorsley • Humbledon Hill Quarry • Hylton Castle Cutting • Joe's Pond • Moorsley Banks • South Hylton Pasture • Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting • Wear River Bank
Gateshead
Gibside • Lower Derwent Meadows • Pockerley Farm Pond • Ridley Gill • Ryton Willows • Shibdon Pond • Strother Hills • Thornley Wood
Newcastle upon Tyne
Big Waters • Brenkley Meadows • Gosforth Park • Hallow Hill • Prestwick Carr
North Tyneside
Northumberland Shore • Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice
South Tyneside
Boldon Pastures • Cleadon Hill • Harton Down Hill • West Farm Meadow, Boldon

Coordinates: 54°48.3′N 1°28.5′W / 54.805°N 1.475°W / 54.805; -1.475








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