Broughton Moor Slate Mine
Broughton Moor Slate Mine is a quarry in Broughton West, Westmorland and Furness, England. Broughton Moor Slate Mine is situated nearby to the peak Lag Bank, as well as near Yewry Syke Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brown Pike and Caw.
Brown Pike
Peak
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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. Caw is situated 1½ miles west of Broughton Moor Slate Mine.
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. Buck Pike is situated 2 miles north of Broughton Moor Slate Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seathwaite and Broughton Mills.
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 2 miles northwest of Broughton Moor Slate Mine.
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 3 miles southwest of Broughton Moor Slate Mine.
Woodland
Locality
Photo: Jgk168421, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodland is a dispersed hamlet within the civil parish of Kirkby Ireleth in the Furness region of Cumbria, England, and is located in the southern part of the Lake District National Park, west of Coniston Water, between Torver and Broughton-in-Furness. Woodland is situated 3½ miles south of Broughton Moor Slate Mine.
Broughton Moor Slate Mine
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Broughton West, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.34042° or 54° 20′ 26″ northLongitude
-3.14695° or 3° 8′ 49″ westOperator
Burlington StoneOpen location code
9C6R8VR3+56OpenStreetMap ID
way 53203287OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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