| Cook's Wood Quarry | |
| Aos: | Somerset |
| Interest: | Geological |
| Coordinates: | 51.2293°N -2.4754°W |
| Displaymap: | Somerset |
| Area: | 0.8ha |
| Enref: | 2000315 |
Cook's Wood Quarry also known as Holcombe Quarry is a 0.8ha geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Stoke St Michael on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.
This is a Geological Conservation Review Site. This site partially overlaps with St. Dunstan's Well Catchment SSSI.
The main exposures are cut in very steeply-dipping Carboniferous Limestone. This was the original locality for the type section of the proposed ‘Cookswoodian Stage’.
9 species of Bat, Dormice and four species of Newts including the rare Great Crested Newt reside in Cooks Wood Quarry.[1]
Planning permission for the disused quarry has been granted to turn it into a holiday retreat.[2] [3]