{"id":46887,"date":"2026-05-30T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46887"},"modified":"2026-05-30T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:37:16","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-quarry-doorstep-former-brick-shale-quarry-in-lancashire-to-be-turned-into-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46887","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (quarry) doorstep\u2019: Former brick shale quarry in Lancashire to be turned into wildlife sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/960px-Old_quarry_on_Dalton_Bank_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5491748_Bobby_Clegg_Commons_Wiki.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/960px-Old_quarry_on_Dalton_Bank_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5491748_Bobby_Clegg_Commons_Wiki.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/960px-Old_quarry_on_Dalton_Bank_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5491748_Bobby_Clegg_Commons_Wiki.png 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/960px-Old_quarry_on_Dalton_Bank_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5491748_Bobby_Clegg_Commons_Wiki-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/960px-Old_quarry_on_Dalton_Bank_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_5491748_Bobby_Clegg_Commons_Wiki-768x470.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Old_quarry_on_Dalton_Bank_-geograph.org.uk-_5491748.jpg\">Old quarry on Dalton Bank <\/a>by\u00a0Bobby Clegg, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> , via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former Lancashire quarry that once supplied materials to make bricks is set to be transformed into meadows and woodlands, reports <em>LancsLive<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>LancsLive<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 29.5-hectare site in West Lancashire, previously a brick shale quarry, will be transformed into a \u2018habitat bank\u2019, a protected area to promote biodiversity, allowing developers to invest in the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) units they need in order to build&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landowner Ibstock Plc has entrusted stewardship of the site to Green Earth Developments Group (GEDG) for the 30-year programme of habitat creation and management. The project will be managed under a 30-year stewardship model\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancs.live\/news\/lancashire-news\/former-brick-shale-quarry-lancashire-33878375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Old quarry on Dalton Bank by\u00a0Bobby Clegg, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons A former Lancashire quarry that once supplied materials to make bricks is set to be transformed into meadows and woodlands, reports LancsLive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[451,30,29,31,373,352],"class_list":["post-46887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-adaptation","tag-environment","tag-heritage","tag-nature","tag-reuse","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46889,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46887\/revisions\/46889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}