Banishead Quarry

Banishead Quarry is a quarry in Torver, Westmorland and Furness, England. Banishead Quarry is situated nearby to Eddy Scale Quarry, as well as near Banished Mire.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Man of Coniston and Brown Pike.

Old Man of Coniston

Peak

Photo: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the Furness Fells of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, and is the highest point of the historic county of Lancashire.

Brown Pike is a fell located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Brown Pike is near the village of Coniston, and is most commonly approached from there with walkers often continuing onto Buck Pike, Dow Crag and the Old Man of Coniston.

Buck Pike

Peak

Photo: Rob nickson, Public domain.

Buck Pike is a fell located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria. Buck Pike is near the village of Coniston. Other fells in this area include Brown Pike, Dow Crag, and the Old Man of Coniston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coniston and Seathwaite.

Coniston

Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.

Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.

Seathwaite

Village

Photo: Gordon Mellor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Seathwaite is a village in the Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria in North West England. It is in the Lake District and part of historic Lancashire. Seathwaite is situated 3 miles west of Banishead Quarry.

Grizedale

Hamlet

Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Grizedale is a hamlet in the Lake District of North West England, in the middle of the Grizedale Forest, located north of Satterthwaite and south of Hawkshead. Grizedale is situated 3½ miles east of Banishead Quarry.

Banishead Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Torver, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.35452° or 54° 21′ 16″ north

Longitude

-3.11248° or 3° 6′ 45″ west

Open location code

9C6R9V3Q+R2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 474322289

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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