Trowbarrow Quarry
United Kingdom /
England /
Arnside /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Arnside
World / United Kingdom / England
quarry, nature conservation park / area, limestone quarry, interesting place
Now a Local Nature Reserve, this former quarry provided limestone which was carried on a tramway down the hill to the west to a large limestone works (with Hoffman kiln), which produced the first tarmacadam. The works are demolished, the quarry ceased to operate in 1965.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 54°10'33"N 2°47'48"W
- Hanson Aggregates Shap Beck Quarry 43 km
- Dove Holes Quarry 113 km
- Penrhyn Slate Quarry 140 km
- Limestone Quarries 142 km
- Bardon Hill Quarry 189 km
- Roadstone Quarry 257 km
- Pitstone Cement Works Chalk and Marl Quarries 299 km
- Hanson Aggregates Whatley Quarry 328 km
- Foster Yeoman Merehead Quarry 331 km
- Cornish China Clay Belt 445 km
- Leighton Moss 1 km
- Farleton Knott 7.4 km
- Lyth Valley 12 km
- Morecambe Bay 14 km
- Cunswick Scar 15 km
- Gregareth 21 km
- Garsdale 30 km
- Howgill Fells 30 km
- Lake District National Park 37 km
- Yorkshire Dales National Park 40 km
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