Quarries were once scattered all over East Durham but most have now vanished, either worked out or abandoned and reclaimed for agricultural use. Limestone was extracted here at Wingate from the mid 18th century until the 1930s. In the early 1800s limestone was taken to the steelworks at Middlesbrough but it was mainly quarried for local use as building stone or burnt in kilns to produce lime for fertilizer.
To protect its wildlife and make it available for people to enjoy Durham County Council developed the Quarry as a Local Nature Reserve, and because of the reserves importance it has been designated a

Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

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