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Barnsdale Bar landfill, west of Long Lane
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE5114
Rough ground with little metal vents - can't be anything else.
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Meal Bank Quarry, from the north-east
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SD6973
On the west bank of the River Doe. The large-scale OS map surveyed in 1846 shows... (more)
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Disused workings, west bank, River Doe
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SD7074
Described as a 'slate quarry' on the large-scale OS map surveyed in... (more)
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Old quarry
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SP0522
Old quarry workings beside a footpath above Brockhampton.
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Triangulation pillar at the Hill Hole Quarry Nature Reserve
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SK4810
222 metres (728 feet) above sea level.
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Hope's Nose
by Derek Harper
for square SX9463
Rather resembling the head of a snoozing crocodile, the much-quarried headland... (more)
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High Peak Trail and former quarry
by David Smith
geograph for square SK1958
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View into Pingot Quarry
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SD9510
Waterfall on the left, the slid slab just visible at the foot of the quarry face.
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Waterfall, Pingot Quarry, Shaw
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SD9510
Plenty of water following a wet weekend. The waterfall has been created by... (more)
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Waterfall, Pingot Quarry, Shaw
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SD9510
Plenty of water following a wet weekend. The waterfall has been created by... (more)
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Danger Loose rocks
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SD9510
It really means it in this case, see Link... ( more)
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Waterfall, Pingot Quarry, Shaw
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SD9510
Plenty of water following a wet weekend. The waterfall has been created by... (more)
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Waterfall, Pingot Quarry, Shaw
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SD9510
Recreating this 'First' for the square Link
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Former quarry face, Hipperholme
by Humphrey Bolton
geograph for square SE1125
There look to be alternate bands of good and poor rock. I have just noticed that... (more)
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Former quarry, Hipperholme
by Humphrey Bolton
geograph for square SE1125
A tall quarry face is partly hidden by trees in the distance.
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Housing in a quarry
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SX5154
This is the extensive Saltram Meadows scheme which includes several hundred... (more)
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Tram Walk, Turnchapel
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SX4953
The walk takes its name from the tramway which connected the quarry to the... (more)
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Woodland in a disused quarry near Presthope
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SO5796
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Disused quarry near Presthope
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SO5796
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Disused quarry near Presthope
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SO5796
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Drystone wall, bedrock and former quarry
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE0551
These little upland quarries produced the stone to build the walls. This is one... (more)
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Public footpath approaching a former quarry
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE0551
This is one of several 'sandstone' quarries shown south-east of East... (more)
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Site of disused quarry
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SW8556
On the map a disused quarry is marked on the track between Degembris and... (more)
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Old Quarry in High Lees Quarry Plantation
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK2481
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Slate quarry on Wool Knott
by Adrian Taylor
geograph for square SD2789
Situated above The Cumbria Way long distance path this small, abandoned slate... (more)
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College Lake - View northwards across the lakes
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SP9313
Looking across the flooded former chalk quarries at College Lake, Bulbourne near... (more)
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Timber Stacks in the former Lea Quarry
by Sandy Gerrard
geograph for square SO5998
This timber is shredded in the nearby plant and turned into wood chips for... (more)
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Former quarry on Cleeve Hill
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO9827
The much expanded Bishop's Cleeve can be seen in the middle distance and... (more)
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View over Bishop's Cleeve to Malvern
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO9827
View over Bishop's Cleeve and the Severn vale to the Malvern Hills from... (more)
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Former quarry on Cleeve Hill
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO9827
Nottingham Hill can be seen in the background.
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Limestone quarry and Toft Gate limekiln
by Christine Johnstone
for square SE1364
The kiln was built about 1860, to produce lime from limestone.
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Shellbraes Farm
by Oliver Dixon
geograph for square NZ0071
Built on top of a small cliff - probably the working face of a former quarry.... (more)
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Former sand quarry at Arbour Hill
by Ian Calderwood
for square SK4339
The sand quarries at Arbour Hill opened in about 1885 and were initially... (more)
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North Downs Way
by Peter Trimming
geograph for square TQ3353
Just to the west of the Gravelly Hill viewpoint. The North Downs Way is to the... (more)
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Former Baltic Quarries seen across Pontsticill Reservoir
by David Smith
for square SO0611
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Former Abercriban Quarries seen across Pontsticill Reservoir
by David Smith
for square SO0612
The quarry and its spoil heap are gradually being covered with vegetation
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Woodcroft Quarry
by Ben Meyrick
geograph for square ST5495
Woodcroft Quarry is a disused limestone quarry near the village of Woodcroft.... (more)
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Easdale - Quarry of the Hill from the northwest
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7317
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Easdale - Quarry of the Hill
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7317
This former quarry has flooded, whether as a result of the 1881 or subsequent... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - Eastern edge of Eilean nam Beathach quarry
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The former tiny island of Eilean nam Beathach was quarried so extensively that... (more)
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Seil - Ellenabeich - All that remains of Eilean nam Beathach
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7417
The former tiny island of Eilean nam Beathach was quarried so extensively that... (more)
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View of Old Quarries at Southerham
by Brian Westlake
for square TQ4309
As viewed from the small hill called Upper Rise.
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Easdale - Former quarry, northernmost quarry
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square NM7317
This is a view, from the north, of the northernmost of all Easdale's... (more)
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Gate into former clay pit, Broadway Road, Kingsteignton
by Robin Stott
geograph for square SX8673
The area has many clay pits that were exhausted long ago, then simply left to... (more)
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Gullet Quarry in the Malvern Hills
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SO7638
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Former quarry workings
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO2338
Former quarry workings beside Offa's Day Path below Hay Bluff.
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Former quarry workings
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO2338
The Wye valley can be seen in the distance. Offa's Dyke Path passes by... (more)
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Fishing debris, Head of Holland, Orkney
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square HY4912
Behind is a quarry spoil heap of red sandstone. The quarry was the source of... (more)
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Whitefowl Nevi, Head of Holland, Orkney
by Claire Pegrum
geograph for square HY4911
Presumably this was named after the fulmars which nest on it.
Behind is a... (more)
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Former quarry at Holyhead Mountain
by Mat Fascione
geograph for square SH2283
Holyhead Mountain, at 722 feet (220 m), is the highest mountain in the county of... (more)
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