Castle Crag Slate Quarry
Castle Crag Slate Quarry is a quarry in Borrowdale, Cumberland, England. Castle Crag Slate Quarry is situated nearby to the archaeological site Castle Crag Hill Fort, as well as near the scenic viewpoint Standing Stones.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Crag and Grange Fell.
Castle Crag
Peak
Photo: Stephen Horncastle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet.
Grange Fell
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grange Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria, situated in the Borrowdale valley overlooking the villages of Grange in Borrowdale and Rosthwaite.
High Spy
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
High Spy is a fell in the English Lake District it is situated on the ridge that separates the Newlands Valley from Borrowdale, eight kilometres south of Keswick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosthwaite and Seatoller.
Rosthwaite
Village
Photo: Steve Mason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosthwaite is a settlement in the Borrowdale parish of Cumberland, Cumbria, England. It is also in Borrowdale in the English Lake District to the south of Derwent Water.
Seatoller
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seatoller is a settlement in Borrowdale in the English Lake District. Historically part of Cumberland, it lies on the B5289 road at the east foot of the Honister Pass, and to the south of Derwent Water.
Stonethwaite
Hamlet
Stonethwaite is a small village in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, it is situated in the valley of the Stonethwaite Beck, a side valley of Borrowdale, and within the Lake District National Park. Stonethwaite is situated 1½ miles southeast of Castle Crag Slate Quarry.
Castle Crag Slate Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Borrowdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.53299° or 54° 31′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.16093° or 3° 9′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C6RGRMQ+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 457015986OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle Crag Hill Fort and Standing Stones.
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