# Langbaurgh Ridge

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Geological site in North Yorkshire, England

Langbaurgh Ridge Location within North Yorkshire Location Redcar and Cleveland and North Yorkshire (district), North Yorkshire, England Coordinates 54°30′5″N 1°8′4″W / 54.50139°N 1.13444°W / 54.50139; -1.13444 Area 7.0 ha (17 acres) Established 1986 Governing body Natural England Website Map of site

**Langbaurgh Ridge** ([grid reference](/source/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid) [NZ560121](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Langbaurgh_Ridge&params=54.501138_N_1.136791_W_region:GB_scale:25000)) is an 8.0 [hectare](/source/Hectare)[1] [geological Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Geological_Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest) near the hamlet of [Langbaurgh](/source/Langbaurgh%2C_North_Yorkshire) in [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire), England, [notified](/source/SSSI_notification) in 1986.[1] The site crosses the boundary of the [Redcar and Cleveland](/source/Redcar_and_Cleveland) district and the area covered by the [North Yorkshire](/source/North_Yorkshire_(district)) unitary authority.

The site is identified as being of national importance in the [Geological Conservation Review](/source/Geological_Conservation_Review) for its exposure of the [Cleveland Dyke](/source/Cleveland_Dyke), a [Palaeogene](/source/Palaeogene) [intrusion](/source/Intrusion) associated with the [Mull central volcanic complex](/source/Geology_of_Mull#Palaeogene_volcanism).

## Land ownership

All land within Langbaurgh Ridge SSSI is owned by the local authority.[2]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Langbaurgh Ridge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Langbaurgh_Ridge).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Protected_Planet_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Protected_Planet_1-1) ["Langbaurgh Ridge | Protected Planet"](http://www.protectedplanet.net/langbaurgh-ridge-site-of-special-scientific-interest-gb). *www.protectedplanet.net*. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament"](https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2014-11-17/214414/). *questions-statements.parliament.uk*. Retrieved 30 December 2025.

## Sources

- [English Nature citation sheet for the site](http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000256.pdf) (accessed 5 August 2006)

## External links

- [English Nature (SSSI information)](https://web.archive.org/web/20060813070641/http://www.english-nature.org.uk/)

- [Site boundary map at English Nature's "Nature on the Map" website](http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/map.aspx?map=sssi&feature=1000256,sssi,HYPERLINK,LABEL)

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