Belle Vue Quarry

50.603519444444 - 1.9816361111111Koordinaten: 50 ° 36 ' 13 " N, 1 ° 58' 54 " W

Belle Vue Quarry is a former quarry on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the southern English county of Dorset, in the underground Purbeck Stone was recovered. The quarry covers an area of ​​about 3.2 hectares; the entrance is on a hill above the town of Swanage.

The area was declared in 1977 to an area of special scientific interest ( Site of Special Scientific Interest ).

Belle Vue Quarry belongs to a series of quarries on the Isle of Purbeck, which serve as wintering areas for bat colonies of the greater horseshoe bat species. Belle Vue Quarry has a steep, 28 meter deep shaft that leads to the two remaining tunnels, which are composed about 200 meters long. The shaft was cleared in 1964 of waste and debris and fenced it.