Dry Rigg Quarry
Dry Rigg Quarry is a quarry at Helwith Bridge in North Yorkshire, England, located within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The quarry produces a hard-wearing gritstone which is listed as being nationally important for road building, and is one of four in the Yorkshire Dales National Park that produces this type of aggregate.Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Helwith Bridge and Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station.
Helwith Bridge
Bridge
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helwith Bridge is situated 3,000 feet east of Dry Rigg Quarry.
Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station
Railway station
Photo: Ulleskelf, Public domain.
Horton-in-Ribblesdale is a railway station on the Settle and Carlisle Line, which runs between Carlisle and Leeds via Settle. The station, situated 47 miles 40 chains north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Horton-in-Ribblesdale in North Yorkshire, England. Horton-in-Ribblesdale railway station is situated 2 miles north of Dry Rigg Quarry.
Stainforth Force
Waterfall
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainforth Force, is a 2.5-metre high cascade waterfall on the River Ribble at Stainforth, 3 miles north of Settle in North Yorkshire, England. The waterfall is a popular tourist attraction in autumn when Atlantic salmon are migrating up the river. Stainforth Force is situated 2 miles southeast of Dry Rigg Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wharfe and Feizor.
Wharfe
Hamlet
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wharfe is a hamlet about a mile north east of the village of Austwick, North Yorkshire, England. Its postcode is LA2 8DQ. The name means 'The bend', The hamlet is the only settlement in Crummackdale, the upper valley of Austwick Beck.
Feizor
Hamlet
Photo: jim walton, CC BY 3.0.
Feizor is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England.
Stainforth
Village
Photo: Andy Jamieson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainforth is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England, situated north of Settle. Nearby there is a waterfall, Stainforth Force, where the river falls over limestone ledges into a deep, broad pool which can be accessed by walking a short way from the village. Stainforth is situated 2 miles southeast of Dry Rigg Quarry.
Dry Rigg Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Description: gritstone quarry in North Yorkshire, England
- Category: industry
- Location: Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.12116° or 54° 7′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.30416° or 2° 18′ 15″ westOperator
TarmacOpen location code
9C6V4MCW+F8OpenStreetMap ID
way 41708476OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q107646316
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