Helbeck Quarry
Helbeck Quarry is a quarry in Helbeck, Westmorland and Furness, England. Helbeck Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Barnarm Scar, as well as near Pica Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brough Castle and Verterae.
Brough Castle
Ruins
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains. Brough Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Helbeck Quarry.
Verterae
Archaeological site
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Verterae was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Brough, Cumbria, England. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, it protected a key Roman road in the north of England. Verterae is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Helbeck Quarry.
Fox Tower
Building
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fox Tower is a tower built by John Metcalf Carleton, an industrial entrepreneur, as a folly in 1775 on his large estate next to Brough, a village in Cumbria, England. Fox Tower is situated 1 mile west of Helbeck Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough and Brough Sowerby.
Brough
Village
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Westmorland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore.
Brough Sowerby
Village
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brough Sowerby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located 22.3 miles southeast of the town of Penrith. Brough Sowerby is situated 2 miles south of Helbeck Quarry.
Great Musgrave
Village
Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough. Great Musgrave is situated 2½ miles southwest of Helbeck Quarry.
Helbeck Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Helbeck, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.53824° or 54° 32′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.31131° or 2° 18′ 41″ westOperator
BreedonOpen location code
9C6VGMQQ+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 142315354OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barnarm Scar and Pica Hill.
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