Stonway Quarry
Stonway Quarry is a quarry in Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East, England. Stonway Quarry is situated nearby to the distillery Cat and Fiddle Inn, as well as near the peak Shining Tor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shining Tor and Cat and Fiddle Inn.
Shining Tor
Peak
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shining Tor is the highest hill in Cheshire, England. The summit has an elevation of 559 m above sea level. It is in the Peak District, between the towns of Macclesfield in Cheshire and Buxton in Derbyshire, and is on the administrative boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire East.
Cat and Fiddle Inn
Distillery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Cat and Fiddle Inn is a former public house in the English Peak District, close to the border between Cheshire and Derbyshire. It sits on the A537 road from Macclesfield to Buxton, which runs across a high and remote area of moorland. Cat and Fiddle Inn is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Stonway Quarry.
Errwood Reservoir
Reservoir
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Errwood Reservoir is a drinking-water reservoir in the Peak District National Park, within the county of Derbyshire and very close to the boundary with Cheshire. Errwood Reservoir is situated 2 miles northeast of Stonway Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wildboarclough and Walker Barn.
Wildboarclough
Hamlet
Photo: Pete Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wildboarclough is a village in the Macclesfield Forest, in the Cheshire East district of Cheshire, England, within the Peak District National Park. Bilsborough states that the name arises from the rapid rise in levels of the Clough Brook after a heavy fall of rain, but Mills gives it as a deep valley frequented by wild boar. Wildboarclough is situated 2½ miles south of Stonway Quarry.
Walker Barn
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walker Barn is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ miles west of Stonway Quarry.
Three Shire Heads
Locality
Three Shire Heads is the tripoint on Axe Edge Moor where Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet, at UK grid reference SK009685, or. It is on the River Dane, which marks the Cheshire border in this area. Three Shire Heads is situated 2½ miles south of Stonway Quarry.
Stonway Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough, Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.25124° or 53° 15′ 4″ northLongitude
-2.00781° or 2° 0′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5V7X2R+FVOpenStreetMap ID
way 667049731OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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