old quarry

old quarry is a quarry in Embsay with Eastby, Craven District, England. old quarry is situated nearby to the meadow High Mark, as well as near old sandstone quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embsay Reservoir and Embsay railway station.

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.

Embsay railway station

Railway station

Photo: G-Man, Public domain.

Embsay railway station is a railway station on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway. It serves the small village of Embsay in North Yorkshire, England. The station is a terminus on the railway and was re-opened in 1981. Embsay railway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of old quarry.

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 1½ miles northwest of old quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Embsay and Skipton.

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.

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.

Thorlby

Village

Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thorlby is a village, which is situated 2 miles southwest of old quarry.

old quarry

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

53.99007° or 53° 59′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.01738° or 2° 1′ 3″ west

Open location code

9C5VXXRM+22

OpenStreetMap ID

way 765712295

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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