Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood

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Clipsham Old Quarry and Pickworth Great Wood is a 111.2-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Rutland, England. It has both biological and geological importance and lies southeast of Clipsham and north of Pickworth.

Clipsham Old Quarry is a Geological Conservation Review site. It shows rocks from the Bajocian Middle and Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, about 170 million years old. The area has dense hawthorn scrub and limestone grassland with lime-loving herbs such as dwarf thistle and yellow-wort. The quarry is not open to the public.

Pickworth Great Wood is a large deciduous forest owned by the Forestry Commission. It is one of the county’s largest deciduous woods, home to many breeding birds and more than 150 species of moth. The wood is open to the public.