Highwood Quarry
Highwood Quarry is a quarry in Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, England. Highwood Quarry is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Tarn Hows Viewpoint, as well as near the forest Sawrey Ground Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wharton Tarn and Hawkshead Courthouse.
Wharton Tarn
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Wharton Tarn is situated 2,800 feet south of Highwood Quarry.
Hawkshead Courthouse
Photo: FFNick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hawkshead Courthouse is situated 1 mile southeast of Highwood Quarry.
Yew Tree Tarn
Photo: Mark Kent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yew Tree Tarn is a small lake in the English Lake District situated in between the towns of Ambleside and Coniston. The tarn was formed when the local landowner dammed the Yewdale Beck in the 1930s and stocked the lake with trout. Yew Tree Tarn is situated 1 mile northwest of Highwood Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hawkshead Hill and Roger Ground.
Hawkshead Hill
Hamlet
Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hawkshead Hill is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Lake District National Park.
Roger Ground
Hamlet
Photo: flipflopnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Roger Ground is a hamlet just south of the village of Hawkshead, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Roger Ground is situated 1½ miles southeast of Highwood Quarry.
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.
Highwood Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.38761° or 54° 23′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.02718° or 3° 1′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C6R9XQF+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 553734820OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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