Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors

Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Crags at Bowden Doors
Location within Northumberland
Area of Search Northumberland
Grid reference NU068330
Coordinates 55°35′21″N 1°53′28″W / 55.589208°N 1.891222°W / 55.589208; -1.891222Coordinates: 55°35′21″N 1°53′28″W / 55.589208°N 1.891222°W / 55.589208; -1.891222
Interest Geological
Area 11.3 hectares (28 acres)
Notification 1987
Location map DEFRA MAGIC map
Natural England website

Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors are two crag rock formations in north Northumberland in North East England, designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The 11.3 hectares (28 acres) site is described as "arguably the most impressive exposures of the early-mid Dinantian Fell Sandstone Group in the whole of northern England".[1][2]

Location and natural features

Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors are two crags situated 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north-north-east of Chatton and 2.6 miles (4.2 km) west of Belford in Northumberland. Bowden Doors comprises 0.6 miles (0.97 km) of west-south-west facing crags of 7-15 metres height; Colour Heugh, some 0.22 miles (0.35 km) north of Bowden Doors, is a similarly orientated 0.2 miles (0.32 km) crag. Both crags expose sandstone of the Dinantian Fell Sandstone Group, enabling its alluvial sedimentary strata to be seen, and preserving the shapes of meandering river-beds.[1][2][3]

The condition of Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors was judged to be favourable in 2009.[4]

Bowden Doors is a well-known rock-climbing crag, with several hundred routes mapped.[3][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "MAGIC Map Application - Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors". DEFRA MAGIC Map. DEFRA.
  2. 1 2 "Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors SSSI Citation" (PDF). Natural England.
  3. 1 2 "Bowden Doors". UKClimbing.
  4. ↑ "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Colour Heugh and Bowden Doors". Natural England. 26 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bowden Doors". Rockfax.
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