Stainton Ground Quarries

Stainton Ground Quarries is a quarry in Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite, Westmorland and Furness, England. Stainton Ground Quarries is situated nearby to the peak Fox Haw, as well as near Broughton Mills Slate Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stickle Pike and Caw.

Stickle Pike

Peak

Photo: Rivaldo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stickle Pike is an outlying fell located in the southern Lake District near the small town of Broughton-in-Furness, with the summit situated between the lower Duddon Valley and the quiet smaller valley of Dunnerdale.

Caw

Peak

Photo: Rob Noble, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Caw is a hill in Cumbria, England, near the village of Seathwaite above the Duddon Valley, reaching 1,735 feet and having a trig point at the summit. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Stickle Tarn

Photo: Andy Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stickle Tarn is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Stainton Ground Quarries.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ulpha and Broughton Mills.

Ulpha

Village

Photo: John Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area. Ulpha is situated 1½ miles west of Stainton Ground Quarries.

Broughton Mills

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broughton Mills is a village in Cumbria, England, located 2 miles from the larger town of Broughton-in-Furness. The village consists of about 40 households, a phonebox, church and a pub called the Blacksmiths Arms. Broughton Mills is situated 1½ miles south of Stainton Ground Quarries.