Ribblehead Quarry

Ribblehead Quarry is a quarry in Ingleton, Craven District, England. Ribblehead Quarry is situated nearby to Ribblehead railway station, as well as near the railway station Ribblehead Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ribblehead railway station and Ribblehead Viaduct.

Ribblehead railway station

Railway station

Photo: Ulleskelf, Public domain.

Ribblehead is a railway station which serves the area of Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England, on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. Ribblehead railway station is situated 780 feet north of Ribblehead Quarry.

Ribblehead Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Michael Bryan, CC BY 2.0.

The Ribblehead Viaduct or Batty Moss Viaduct carries the Settle–Carlisle railway across Batty Moss in the Ribble Valley at Ribblehead, in North Yorkshire, England. Ribblehead Viaduct is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Ribblehead Quarry.

Whernside

Peak

Photo: Cyberdemon007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whernside is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales in Northern England. It is the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent. Whernside is situated 2½ miles northwest of Ribblehead Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel-le-Dale and Selside.

Chapel-le-Dale

Hamlet

Chapel-le-Dale is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England. It is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a valley of the same name, and was previously in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Chapel-le-Dale is situated 2 miles southwest of Ribblehead Quarry.

Selside

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Selside is a small village in Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire, England. It lies 2 miles north west of Horton in Ribblesdale. Selside was mentioned, in the form Selesat, in the Domesday Book, when it was held by Roger of Poitou. Selside is situated 2 miles southeast of Ribblehead Quarry.

Stone House

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stone House is a locality in the civil parish of Dent, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, It is at Dent Head, on the River Dee to the south-east of Cowgill and to the north-west of Newby Head. Stone House is situated 4½ miles north of Ribblehead Quarry.

Ribblehead Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Ingleton, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.20365° or 54° 12′ 13″ north

Longitude

-2.35941° or 2° 21′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C6V6J3R+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1018734577

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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