Roan Edge Quarry

Roan Edge Quarry is a quarry in New Hutton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Roan Edge Quarry is situated near the peak Green Bank, as well as near the forest Hutton Park Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lambrigg Fell and Docker Viaduct.

Lambrigg Fell

Peak

Photo: Ian Brereton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lambrigg Fell is a hill, the highest point of the area of high ground between Kendal and the M6, in south-eastern Cumbria, England. It lies just outside the area normally defined as the Lake District, and the hill is not in the same mould as the nearby Lakeland Fells, being a sprawling, grassy moorland.

Docker Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 4.0.

Docker Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Roan Edge Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Firbank and Grayrigg.

Firbank

Hamlet

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Firbank is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It has a population of 97. As Firbank had a population of less than 100 at the 2011 Census, details are included in the parish of Killington. Firbank is situated 2½ miles east of Roan Edge Quarry.

Grayrigg

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grayrigg is a small village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 223, increasing at the 2011 census to 242. Grayrigg is situated 3 miles north of Roan Edge Quarry.

Old Hutton

Village

Photo: Gary Lawrenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Hutton is a village in Westmorland and Furness, historic Westmorland, England. It is in the civil parish of Old Hutton and Holmescales In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 357, increasing at the 2011 census to 417. Old Hutton is situated 3 miles southwest of Roan Edge Quarry.

Roan Edge Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: New Hutton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.32752° or 54° 19′ 39″ north

Longitude

-2.64035° or 2° 38′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C6V89H5+2V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 201545561

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Green Bank and Hutton Park Plantation.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Killingtob Lake Pan orama and WHSmith.

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