old sandstone quarry
old sandstone quarry is a quarry in Long Preston, Craven District, England. old sandstone quarry is situated nearby to the forest Langber Plantation, as well as near the nature reserve Wild Share with Mearbeck.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Long Preston railway station and Scaleber Force.
Long Preston railway station
Railway station
Photo: Chris Eccleston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Preston is a railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton. The station, situated 37+1⁄2 miles north-west of Leeds, serves the village of Long Preston in North Yorkshire. Long Preston railway station is situated 1½ miles southwest of old sandstone quarry.
Scaleber Force
Waterfall
Scaleber Force, is a 40-foot high waterfall on Stockdale Beck, later the Long Preston Beck, that feeds into the River Ribble between Settle and Long Preston in North Yorkshire, England. Scaleber Force is situated 1½ miles north of old sandstone quarry.
Hellifield railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Ingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hellifield is a junction railway station on the Bentham Line, which runs between Leeds and Morecambe via Skipton, as well as being the northern terminus of the Ribble Valley line. Hellifield railway station is situated 2 miles south of old sandstone quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Otterburn and Settle.
Otterburn
Hamlet
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Otterburn is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is at OS Grid Reference SD8857, near Airton, Calton and the A65. The village is 9 miles north west of Skipton and 1.9 miles east of Hellifield. Otterburn is situated 2½ miles southeast of old sandstone quarry.
Settle
Settle is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town had a population of 2,421 in the 2001 census, increasing to 2,564 at the 2011 census.
Kirkby Malham
Village
Kirkby Malham is a small village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Situated in the Yorkshire Dales it lies 6 miles east of Settle. Kirkby Malham is situated 3 miles east of old sandstone quarry.
old sandstone quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Long Preston, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.03782° or 54° 2′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.23458° or 2° 14′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C6V2QQ8+45OpenStreetMap ID
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