Frizington Parks Quarry

Frizington Parks Quarry is a quarry in Arlecdon and Frizington, Cumberland, England. Frizington Parks Quarry is situated near the peak Kinniside Cop, as well as near Meadley Reservoir.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Meadley Reservoir and St Paul’s, Frizington.

Meadley Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's is in Frizington, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Calder, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is Crosslacon. The church is not a Listed Building. St Paul’s, Frizington is situated 1 mile northwest of Frizington Parks Quarry.

Flat Fell

Peak

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Flat Fell is a hill located on the edge of the English Lake District, standing at 272m. It is included in Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland book, sharing a chapter with Dent. Wainwright's clockwise route to the two summits starts at Wath Brow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Frizington and Cleator Moor.

Frizington

Village

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Frizington is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies to the north-west of the Lake District National Park. Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining opportunities in the area.

Cleator Moor

Town

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cleator Moor is a town and civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Cleator. During the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the new settlement of Cleator Moor was built on the moorland to the north of Cleator village, based around mining and the iron industry.

Ennerdale Bridge

Village

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ennerdale Bridge is a hamlet in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the civil parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside. It had a total population taken at the 2011 census of 220. Ennerdale Bridge is situated 2 miles east of Frizington Parks Quarry.

Frizington Parks Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Arlecdon and Frizington, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.52706° or 54° 31′ 37″ north

Longitude

-3.4836° or 3° 29′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6RGGG8+RH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 521795250

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Kinniside Cop and Yeathouse Quarry.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Scalelands Farm and The Parks.

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