Boulby Mine
The Boulby Mine is an underground mining operation with surface facilities located just south-east of the village of Boulby, on the north-east coast of the North York Moors, 2.7 miles east of Loftus, North Yorkshire.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Quarry
- Description: potash mine in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Cleveland Potash & Dark Matter Research Centre”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grinkle Mine and Our Lady Star of the Sea Church.
Grinkle Mine
Mine
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grinkle Mine, was an ironstone mine working the main Cleveland Seam near to Roxby in North Yorkshire, England. Initially, the ironstone was mined specifically for the furnaces at the Palmer Shipbuilders in Jarrow on the River Tyne, but later, the mine became independent of Palmers. Grinkle Mine is situated 1,800 feet south of Boulby Mine.
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
Church
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Our Lady Star of the Sea is a Catholic church in Staithes, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. Until the late 19th century, Catholics in Staithes worshipped at Ugthorpe or at Loftus. Our Lady Star of the Sea Church is situated 1¼ miles east of Boulby Mine.
St Nicholas’ Church, Roxby
Church
Photo: Michael Jagger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Nicholas' Church is the parish church of Roxby, North Yorkshire, a village in England. Roxby has a chapel of ease in the parish of St Hilda's Church, Hinderwell from the Mediaeval period, which was rebuilt for Thomas Boynton in about 1520. St Nicholas’ Church, Roxby is situated 1¼ miles south of Boulby Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boulby and Easington.
Boulby
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen McCulloch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boulby is a hamlet in the Loftus parish, located within the North York Moors National Park. It is in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England.
Easington
Village
Photo: Stephen McCulloch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easington is a village in the civil parish of Loftus, in the Redcar and Cleveland district, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England and is part of the North York Moors National Park.
Staithes
Village
Staithes is a village in North Yorkshire, England, by the border between the unitary authorities of North Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland. The area on the Redcar and Cleveland side is known as Cowbar.
Boulby Mine
- Categories: potash mine and industry
- Location: Loftus, Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.55413° or 54° 33′ 15″ northLongitude
-0.82389° or 0° 49′ 26″ westOperator
Cleveland Potash LtdOpen location code
9C6XH53G+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 29230185OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q1100781
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Boulby Mine” goes by many names.
- French: “mine de Boulby”
- French: “Mine de Boulby”
- German: “Boulby Mine”
- German: “Cleveland Potash Mine”
- Romanian: “Mina Boulby”
- Ukrainian: “Boulby Mine”
- Ukrainian: “Рудник ‘Булбі’”
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