Height Quarries

Height Quarries is a quarry in Bradford, England. Height Quarries is situated near the meadow Back of House Close, as well as near Three Days Work.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St Lawrence and Bingley Five Rise Locks.

St Lawrence

Church

Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Lawrence is a church, which is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Height Quarries.

Bingley Five-Rise Locks is a staircase lock on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Bingley. As the name implies, a boat passing through the lock is lifted or lowered in five stages. Bingley Five Rise Locks is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Height Quarries.

Oakwood Hall

Hotel

Photo: KJP1, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oakwood Hall, Bingley, West Yorkshire, England is a 19th-century mansion with interior fittings by the Victorian architect William Burges. The hall was constructed in 1864 by George Knowles and William Wilcock of Bradford for Thomas Garnett, a prosperous textile merchant. Oakwood Hall is situated 2,600 feet west of Height Quarries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eldwick and Gilstead.

Eldwick

Hamlet

Eldwick is a small village near Bingley in the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire. It is split up into two main parts, Eldwick, the main populated part, and High Eldwick, the larger but less populated section, situated on Bingley Moor.

Gilstead

Suburb

Gilstead is a village within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated at the edge of the moors, above the town of Bingley which is the post town.

Micklethwaite

Hamlet

Photo: David Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Micklethwaite is a village in the civil parish of Bingley, in the Bradford district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. The village is separated from Bingley end of Crossflatts by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Height Quarries

Type: Quarry
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Bradford, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.86201° or 53° 51′ 43″ north

Longitude

-1.82106° or 1° 49′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C5WV56H+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1542839075

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Height Quarries and Back of House Close.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Lower Height and Dunnock.

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