Claxheugh (/ˈklætʃəf/ KLACH-əf) is an area of South Hylton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The area is primarily known for the large, limestone and sandstone cliff formed in the late Permian period, known as Claxheugh Rock, which forms part of the Ford Formation. The rock is often referred to as 'klachy rock' by the locals.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear
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City of Sunderland |
- Claxheugh Rock and Ford Limestone Quarry
- Dawson's Plantation Quarry
- Durham Coast
- Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries
- Gilley Law Quarry
- Hastings Hill
- Herrington Hill
- Hetton Bogs
- High Haining Hill
- High Moorsley
- Humbledon Hill Quarry
- Hylton Castle Cutting
- Joe's Pond
- Moorsley Banks
- South Hylton Pasture
- Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting
- Wear River Bank
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Gateshead |
- Gibside
- Lower Derwent Meadows
- Pockerley Farm Pond
- Ridley Gill
- Ryton Willows
- Shibdon Pond
- Strother Hills
- Thornley Wood
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Newcastle upon Tyne |
- Big Waters
- Brenkley Meadows
- Gosforth Park
- Hallow Hill
- Prestwick Carr
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North Tyneside |
- Northumberland Shore
- Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice
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South Tyneside |
- Boldon Pastures
- Cleadon Hill
- Harton Down Hill
- West Farm Meadow, Boldon
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