Scout Moor Quarry

Scout Moor Quarry is a quarry in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Scout Moor Quarry is situated near the peak Whittle Hill, as well as near Scout Moor High Level Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hail Storm Hill and Edenfield Parish Church.

Hail Storm Hill

Peak

Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hail Storm Hill, also known as Cowpe Moss, is the highest point of the Rossendale Valley, England, an area of moorland and hill country situated between the West Pennine Moors and the South Pennines.

Edenfield Parish Church

Church

Photo: Jbudd, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Edenfield Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles west of Scout Moor Quarry.

Irwell Vale railway station

Railway station

Photo: Lavareef, Public domain.

Irwell Vale railway station was built as a stop on the heritage East Lancashire Railway. It serves the small village of Irwell Vale, in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Irwell Vale railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Scout Moor Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shuttleworth and Irwell Vale.

Shuttleworth

Village

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Shuttleworth is a hamlet at the northeastern extremity of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the South Pennines, 4.3 miles north of Bury and 0.9 miles south of Edenfield; Scout Moor Wind Farm lies to the immediate east.

Irwell Vale

Hamlet

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Irwell Vale is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, in North West England. which lies at the confluence of the River Ogden and River Irwell. Irwell Vale is situated 1½ miles west of Scout Moor Quarry.

Ramsbottom

Town

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Bury is a town and borough in Greater Manchester in the northwest of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. It’s a former textile-milling town, with a population in 2024 of 199,000. Ramsbottom is situated 2 miles southwest of Scout Moor Quarry.

Scout Moor Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Rossendale, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.66812° or 53° 40′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.27938° or 2° 16′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C5VMP9C+66

OpenStreetMap ID

way 173497144

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Whittle Hill and Scout Moor High Level Reservoir.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Unit 1 and Waugh’s Well.

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