# Flixton Quarry

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**Flixton Quarry** is a 0.7 hectares (1.7 acres) geological [Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) 3.75 miles (6.04 km) south-west of [Bungay](/source/Bungay) in the [English county](/source/English_county) of [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk).[1][2] It is a [Geological Conservation Review](/source/Geological_Conservation_Review) site[3] located in the parish of [Homersfield](/source/Homersfield).

This site has sands and gravels which are thought to be a glacial outwash dating to the most extreme [ice age](/source/Ice_age) of the [Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene) epoch, the [Anglian glaciation](/source/Anglian_stage) around 450,000 years ago. It is described by [Natural England](/source/Natural_England) as important because of its relationship with deposits of the succeeding [Hoxnian Stage](/source/Hoxnian_Stage).[4]

There is access to the site from the [Angles Way](/source/Angles_Way) footpath.

## References

1. ["Designated Sites View: Flixton Quarry"](https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002306&SiteName=flixton&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

1. ["Map of Flixton Quarry"](http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002306%27). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

1. ["Flixton Quarry (Quaternary of East Anglia)"](http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=598). Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

1. ["Flixton Quarry citation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003844/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002306.pdf). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from [the original](http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002306.pdf) on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

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