Embleton Quarry
Embleton Quarry is a quarry in Embleton, Cumberland, England. Embleton Quarry is situated nearby to the community center Embleton Village Hall, as well as near the forest Rake Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elva Plain Stone Circle and St Margaret’s Church.
Elva Plain Stone Circle
Archaeological site
Photo: AdamMIbbotson, CC BY 4.0.
Elva Plain Stone Circle is a prehistoric stone circle in Cumbria, England, located north of Bassenthwaite Lake on the lower slopes of Elva Hill. It is one of the largest surviving stone circles in Cumbria and is commonly classified as a "Cumbrian circle"… Elva Plain Stone Circle is situated 3,000 feet north of Embleton Quarry.
St Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret’s Church is situated 1 mile southeast of Embleton Quarry.
St Cuthbert’s Church
Church
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Cuthbert’s Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Embleton Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Setmurthy and Routenbeck.
Setmurthy
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Setmurthy is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies within the Lake District National Park. The main settlement in the parish is Dubwath, on the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake.
Routenbeck
Locality
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Routenbeck is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located at the northern foot of Sale Fell, near the north-west edge of Bassenthwaite Lake. Routenbeck is just over 2 miles south-west of the village of Bassenthwaite and 5 miles east of the town of Cockermouth.
Dubwath
Hamlet
Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dubwath is a hamlet in the Cumberland district, in Cumbria, England. It is part of the parish of Setmurthy. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 148.
Embleton Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Also known as: “Close Quarry”
- Category: industry
- Location: Embleton, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.66577° or 54° 39′ 57″ northLongitude
-3.28015° or 3° 16′ 49″ westOpen location code
9C6RMP89+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 457208464OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Highlights include Embleton Village Hall and Rake Wood.
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