Category
Quarries
Working and disused quarries that are visitor sites — Welsh slate caverns, Portland stone, Cornish china clay.
151 places in this category.
Quarries by region
Highlights
📷 3Quarries · North East England
Bishop Middleham Quarry
Bishop Middleham Quarry — Disused quarry in County Durham, England.
📷 3Quarries · Mid Wales
Frongoch quarry
Frongoch quarry — Disused slate quarry near Aberdyfi, in Mid-Wales, UK.
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📷 5Quarries · London
Western Quarry
Western Quarry — chalk quarry in Greenhithe, Kent, England.
📷 5Quarries · London
Westwood Quarry
Westwood Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
📷 5Quarries · South East England
Asham Quarry
Asham Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex, England, UK.
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📷 5Quarries · South East England
Great Quarry, Swindon
Great Quarry, Swindon — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
📷 5Quarries · South East England
Lacey's Farm Quarry
Lacey's Farm Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Quarries · South East England
Okus Quarry
Okus Quarry — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
📷 5Quarries · South East England
quarry near Hamsey
quarry near Hamsey — disused quarry in Sussex, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Quarries · South East England
Slinfold Stream and Quarry
Slinfold Stream and Quarry — site of Special Scientific Interest.
📷 3Quarries · South East England
Ardley Cutting and Quarry
Ardley Cutting and Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Quarries · South East England
Bugle Quarry
Bugle Quarry — geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hartwell in Buckinghamshire.
📷 3Heritage railways · South East England
Hook Norton ironstone quarries
Hook Norton ironstone quarries — ironstone quarries in Oxfordshire, England.
📷 3Quarries · South East England
Kirtlington Quarry
Kirtlington Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Quarries · South East England
Pitstone Quarry
Pitstone Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Quarries · South East England
Sharp's Hill Quarry
Sharp's Hill Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
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📷 3Quarries · South East England
Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
Shellingford Crossroads Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
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📷 5Quarries · South West England
Bowers Quarry
Bowers Quarry — Quarry in Dorset, England.
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📷 5Quarries · South West England
Colemans Quarry
Colemans Quarry — Limestone quarry in Somerset, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Coombefield Quarry
Coombefield Quarry — stone quarry located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Goathill Quarry
Goathill Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest near Goathill in Dorset, England.
📷 5📷 5Quarries · South West England
Holwell Quarries
Holwell Quarries — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England.
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📷 5📷 5Quarries · South West England
Seend Cleeve Quarry
Seend Cleeve Quarry — ironstone quarry now a Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting
Seend Ironstone Quarry and Road Cutting — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Stonehills Mine
Stonehills Mine — stone mine on the Isle of Portand in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Teffont Evias Quarry and Lane Cutting
Teffont Evias Quarry and Lane Cutting — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
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📷 5Quarries · South West England
Tout Quarry
Tout Quarry — sculpture park and nature reserve.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Westbury Ironstone Quarry
Westbury Ironstone Quarry — Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England.
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📷 5Quarries · South West England
Batts Combe Quarry
Batts Combe Quarry — limestone quarry in Cheddar, Somerset, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Buller's Hill Quarry
Buller's Hill Quarry — protected area in Devon, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Callow Rock Quarry
Callow Rock Quarry — limestone quarry in Cheddar, Somerset, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Doulting Stone Quarry
Doulting Stone Quarry — stone quarry in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Dulcote Quarry
Dulcote Quarry — Disused limestone quarry in Somerset, England.
📷 4Quarries · South West England
Frogden Quarry
Frogden Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England.
📷 5Quarries · South West England
Gurney Slade Quarry
Gurney Slade Quarry — limestone quarry in Somerset, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Lambshouse and Gull Point Quarry
Lambshouse and Gull Point Quarry — Two disused slate quarries in Cornwall, England.
📷 4Quarries · South West England
Mulberry Downs Quarry
Mulberry Downs Quarry — disused tin mine in Cornwall, England.
📷 5📷 3Quarries · South West England
Cullimore's Quarry
Cullimore's Quarry — Site of Special Scientific Interest in South Gloucestershire.
📷 3Quarries · South West England
Wimberry Quarries
Wimberry Quarries — nature reserve in Gloucestershire, England.
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📷 3Quarries · South West England
Quarry Steps, Durdham Down
Quarry Steps, Durdham Down is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Quarries · South West England
Whitecliff Quarry
Whitecliff Quarry — quarry in Gloucestershire, England, UK.
📷 3Quarries · South West England
National Diving and Activity Centre
The National Diving and Activity Centre (NDAC), was a facility located at a large flooded quarry at Tidenham, Gloucestershire, England, near to the border with Wales at Chepstow. It was previously Day
📷 5Quarries · East of England
Moor Mill Quarry, West
Moor Mill Quarry, West — Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire.
📷 5Quarries · East Midlands
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry
Breedon Cloud Wood and Quarry is a quarry in the United Kingdom.
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📷 5Quarries · East Midlands
Cliffe Hill Quarry
Cliffe Hill Quarry — geological site in Leicestershire, England.
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📷 5Quarries · East Midlands
Finedon Top Lodge Quarry
Finedon Top Lodge Quarry — ironstone quarry in Northamptonshire, UK.
📷 3Quarries · East Midlands
New Cliffe Hill Quarry
New Cliffe Hill Quarry — primarily quarrying granite for road aggregate.
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📷 3Quarries · Yorkshire & the Humber
Bridge End Quarry
Bridge End Quarry — former quarry in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
📷 3Quarries · North West England
Dry Rigg Quarry
Dry Rigg Quarry — gritstone quarry in North Yorkshire, England.
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