Enderby Warren Quarry

{{Short description|Quarry in Leicestershire, England}}

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|name= Enderby Warren Quarry

|aos= Leicestershire

|interest=Geological

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|area= 1.7 hectares

|notifydate= 1987

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Enderby Warren Quarry is a {{convert|1.7|hectare|acre|adj=on}} geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Enderby in Leicestershire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003989&SiteName=ENDERBY&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Enderby Warren Quarry | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 24 October 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003989%27|title=Map of Enderby Warren Quarry|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 24 October 2017}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site.{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1634 |title= Warren Quarry (Mineralogy of Peak District, Leicestershire, Cheshire & Shropshire) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 24 October 2017}}

This former quarry is described by Natural England as nationally important as it is the only one in Britain where it can be shown that palygorskite clay soil has been formed by the action of groundwater on Triassic and pre-Triassic sediments.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003989.pdf|title=Enderby Warren Quarry citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222951/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003989.pdf|url-status=dead}}

The site is private land with no public access.