Westwood Quarry

Westwood Quarry is a 0.07 hectare (0.18 acre) is a geological site of Special Scientific Interest west of Watford in Hertfordshire. The site was notified in 1987 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The planning authority is Three Rivers District Council. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

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• Westwood quarry royal enfield underground factory
• Westwood quarry old workings and mushroom farm
• References

It is described by Natural England as a key site for the early history of the River Thames as it provides the best known exposure of the "Lower Gravel Train", a deposit laid down when the Thames flowed through the Vale of St Albans, before it was diverted south to its present course during the Anglian Ice Age around 450,000 years ago.

The site is private land with no public access.