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Newbridge Quarry is a limestone quarry located just to the north of Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. The quarry works the ????? Formation and has been in operation since 1946, with a projected closure date of December 2026.

History
Covering an area of 80 hectare, Newbridge Quarry is 3 km north of Pickering and lies between 85 m and 105 m above sea level.

To the immediate south-west of the site is a 17 acre SSSI (Newbridge Quarry), which has been recorded on account of its geological state which allows for the "...dating [of] the final phase of Corallian sedimentation in Yorkshire."

Historically, limestone from the Newbridge area has been worked since at least 1840 when railway sidings were laid to transport the stone out using the Whitby & Pickering Railway, and then when the line was opened out southwards towards Malton and York.