Wright’s Groove

Wright’s Groove is a quarry in Stanhope, County Durham, England. Wright’s Groove is situated nearby to the peak Long Law, as well as near Greenhill Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist and Rookhope War Memorial.

Church of St John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Wright’s Groove.

Rookhope War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rookhope War Memorial is situated 4,100 feet west of Wright’s Groove.

All Saints

Church

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

All Saints is a church, which is situated 2½ miles south of Wright’s Groove.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rookhope and Lintzgarth.

Rookhope

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rookhope is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th century.

Lintzgarth is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Rookhope. The Lintzgarth smeltmill was built in 1737 and was used for smelting lead by all of the leadmines in the Rookhope valley.

Eastgate

Hamlet

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastgate is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163. Eastgate is situated 2½ miles south of Wright’s Groove.

Wright’s Groove

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Stanhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.77904° or 54° 46′ 45″ north

Longitude

-2.07879° or 2° 4′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C6VQWHC+JF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 529355567

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Highlights include Long Law and Greenhill Quarry.

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