Parkhouse Hill Fossils and Fossil Collecting
Your Derbyshire Geological Guide and Geology Info

Set within the rolling Peak District countryside, Parkhouse Hill, near Earl Sterndale is a beautiful location with various types limestone reef fossils. The view from the top of the hill is nothing short of stunning.

There are plenty of loose rocks to investigate for fossils. Outcrops of in situ limestone are also fossiliferous.

(Suitable for children (with supervision))

In some places the hill is steep. There are also some precipitous drops near the summit. Children must be supervised at this location and are best left to examine the lower slopes.

Car parking is easy, the hill is within a short distance and there is public access to the area.

Rock Outcrop Scree

Limestone with various reef fossils can be found over many areas of the hill.

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There is a public access to the whole of the hill

Other Locations similar to Parkhouse Hill

Parkhouse Hill is an excellent location for corals, other similar locations for Carboniferous Corals are; Castleton, Portishead, Weston-Super-Mare in Avon. In South West Wales, you can also find Silurian Corals from Freshwater East, Marloes Sands. Mortimer Forest, Shadwell Quarry, Upper Millichope , Llanymynech Quarry, and Wenlock Quarry, Wenlock Edge in the Shropshire District. Along the South West Coast, you can also collect Devonian Corals from Torquay along Hopes Nose and Daddy Hole. In Scotland, you can also find corals at St Monans. From South Wales, Carboniferous Corals can be found at Lydstep Headland, West Angle Bay and Manorbier Bay.

For Corals from Younger period, the Coralline Crag at Ramsholt makes ideal collecting.