Goldscope Slate Quarry

Goldscope Slate Quarry is a quarry in Torver, Westmorland and Furness, England. Goldscope Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Buck Pike, as well as near Goat’s Water.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buck Pike and Dow Crag.

Buck Pike

Peak

Photo: Rob nickson, Public domain.

Buck Pike is a fell located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Buck Pike is near the village of Coniston. Other fells in this area include Brown Pike, Dow Crag, and the Old Man of Coniston.

Dow Crag

Peak

Photo: Mark Croston, CC BY 2.0.

Dow Crag is a fell in the English Lake District near Coniston, Cumbria. The eastern face is one of the many rock faces in the Lake District used for rock climbing.

Goat’s Water

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Goat's Water is a small accessible tarn in the English Lake District, located between Dow Crag and The Old Man of Coniston to the Duddon Valley, near the town of Coniston. Goat’s Water is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Goldscope Slate Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coniston and Seathwaite.

Coniston

Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.

Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.

Seathwaite

Village

Photo: Gordon Mellor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seathwaite is a village in the Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria in North West England. It is in the Lake District and part of historic Lancashire. Seathwaite is situated 2½ miles west of Goldscope Slate Quarry.

Cockley Beck

Hamlet

Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cockley Beck is a small hamlet, situated in the Duddon Valley in Cumbria, England. Historically, the hamlet was part of Lancashire. Located today within the Lake District National Park, it was established in the late 16th century, and is closely associated with the mining of copper ore in Cumbria. Cockley Beck is situated 3 miles northwest of Goldscope Slate Quarry.

Goldscope Slate Quarry

Type: Quarry
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Torver, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3659° or 54° 21′ 57″ north

Longitude

-3.1345° or 3° 8′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C6R9V88+95

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4683256536

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

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