Old Moor Quarry
Old Moor Quarry is a quarry in Green Fairfield, High Peak District, England. Old Moor Quarry is situated nearby to the village Tunstead, as well as near Chee Dale Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Margaret’s Church and Calton Hill.
St Margaret’s Church
Church
Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Church, Wormhill is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Wormhill, Derbyshire. St Margaret’s Church is situated 1 mile east of Old Moor Quarry.
Calton Hill
Peak
Calton Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire, England, showing Olivine Diorite magma chamber. It is the site of an extinct volcano and the quarrying that has now been abandoned means that it is possible to observe the geological structures caused by the repeated eruptions. Calton Hill is situated 1½ miles south of Old Moor Quarry.
Five Wells
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Wimbush, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Five Wells is a Neolithic chambered tomb between the villages of Chelmorton and Taddington on Taddington Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District in England. Five Wells is situated 2 miles southeast of Old Moor Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tunstead and Hargate Wall.
Tunstead
Village
Tunstead is a village in Derbyshire, England, situated above Great Rocks Dale north of Buxton. It should not be confused with Tunstead Milton, which is roughly five miles to the north west.
Hargate Wall
Hamlet
Hargate Wall is a hamlet in the civil parish of Wormhill, in the High Peak district, in Derbyshire, England, situated northeast of Buxton. The name Hargate Wall derives from Old English Herdwyk-waella, meaning "herd farm by the spring", so the first settlement was probably around AD 700–950.
Blackwell in the Peak
Village
Photo: Adrian Channing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackwell is a village in the Derbyshire Dales local government district of Derbyshire, England, on the A6 main road between Bakewell and Buxton. It is sometimes referred to as "Blackwell-in-the-Peak" to distinguish it from Blackwell near Alfreton. Blackwell in the Peak is situated 1½ miles southeast of Old Moor Quarry.
Old Moor Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Green Fairfield, High Peak District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.26177° or 53° 15′ 42″ northLongitude
-1.8383° or 1° 50′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C5W7566+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 547104235OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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