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: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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″ north

Longitude

-2.30416° or 2° 18′ 15″ west

Operator

Tarmac

Open location code

9C6V4MCW+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 41708476

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

Wikidata ID

Q107646316

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