Cracken Edge Quarries
Cracken Edge Quarries is a quarry in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, High Peak District, England. Cracken Edge Quarries is situated nearby to the peak Chinley Churn (South), as well as near Big Stone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chinley railway station and St Mary’s, Chinley.
Chinley railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Chinley railway station serves the rural village of Chinley in Derbyshire, England. The station is 17+1⁄2 miles south east of Manchester Piccadilly, on the Hope Valley Line from Sheffield to Manchester. It is unstaffed and is managed by Northern Trains. Chinley railway station is situated 3,900 feet south of Cracken Edge Quarries.
St Mary’s, Chinley
Church
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary’s, Chinley is a church, which is situated 4,000 feet south of Cracken Edge Quarries.
Chinley Primary School
School
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chinley Primary School is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Cracken Edge Quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxworth and Chapel Milton.
Buxworth
Village
Photo: WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buxworth is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The area, which was once an important centre for the limestone industry, became the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal.
Chapel Milton
Hamlet
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapel Milton is a hamlet on the outskirts of Chapel-en-le-Frith on the road leading from there to Chinley and to Glossop. Within the parish of Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, it takes its name from the site of a medieval corn mill, Maynstonfield Mill, or “Mainstonefield alias Chinley”. Chapel Milton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Cracken Edge Quarries.
Furness Vale
Suburb
Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.
Furness Vale is a village in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, between New Mills and Whaley Bridge. It is bisected by the A6 road and the Peak Forest Canal, whose towpath is followed by the Goyt Way, part of the 230-mile Midshires Way. Furness Vale is situated 2 miles west of Cracken Edge Quarries.
Cracken Edge Quarries
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.35068° or 53° 21′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.94589° or 1° 56′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C5W9323+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 158075894OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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