old quarry

old quarry is a quarry in Flasby with Winterburn, Craven District, England. old quarry is situated nearby to the meadow High Mark, as well as near the forest Cookrise Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embsay Reservoir and Norton Tower.

Embsay Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Neil T, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Embsay Reservoir is located above the village of Embsay, near Skipton in the Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England. It is owned by Yorkshire Water, and supplies water to the north and west of Skipton, feeding 25,000 homes. It has a dam height of 24 m.

Norton Tower

Archaeological site

Norton Tower is a ruined building near Rylstone, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The building was constructed as a hunting lodge with space for banqueting, probably in about 1540. Norton Tower is situated 1¼ miles north of old quarry.

Sharp Haw

Peak

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sharp Haw is a hill on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, located just within the National Park. Being the last outpost of the hills before the broad Aire valley, and with a sharp summit from many angles, it is prominent and easily recognisable from much of the area to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thorlby and Embsay.

Thorlby

Village

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thorlby is a village, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of old quarry.

Embsay

Village

Photo: John Winterbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Embsay is a village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is paired with the neighbouring hamlet of Eastby to form the civil parish of Embsay with Eastby. Embsay is situated 2 miles southeast of old quarry.

Skipton

Photo: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.

Skipton is a market town in North Yorkshire, with a population of 15,000 in 2021. It has a sturdy castle and scenic canal; it's within a short travel time of the Leeds-Bradford conurbation and is on the southern edge of the Yorkshire Dales, so it's a popular day-trip destination.

old quarry

Type: Quarry
Categories: historic site and industry
Location: Flasby with Winterburn, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.99152° or 53° 59′ 30″ north

Longitude

-2.02945° or 2° 1′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C5VXXRC+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 765712272

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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