Category:Former quarries in the United Kingdom

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English: A quarry is an open-pit mine from which minerals are extracted. This category is for quarries which are reused for other purposes once mining operations end, for purposes such as landfill or leisure use.

For quarries which are simply abandoned, see Category:Abandoned quarries in the United Kingdom.

Subcategories

This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

B

Bramley quarry, Leeds‎ (15 F)

C

Cromwell Bottom Delf‎ (4 F)

H

Humber Bridge Country Park‎ (1 C, 17 F)

R

RSPB Middleton Lakes‎ (11 F)

T

Tintern Quarry‎ (3 F)

W

West End Quarry, Haworth‎ (3 F)

Media in category "Former quarries in the United Kingdom"

The following 69 files are in this category, out of 69 total.

A flooded quarry - geograph.org.uk - 4620404.jpg 640 × 426; 40 KB
A flooded quarry - geograph.org.uk - 4620413.jpg 640 × 339; 33 KB
An old quarry - geograph.org.uk - 4620411.jpg 640 × 426; 44 KB
Carfury Quarry vegetation (1).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 5.69 MB
Carfury Quarry vegetation (2).jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 5.3 MB
Carfury Quarry vegetation.jpg 3,024 × 4,032; 6.93 MB
Carfury Quarry.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 6.52 MB
China Clay Pool, Hendra Downs - geograph.org.uk - 172934.jpg 640 × 427; 286 KB
Crag Top - geograph.org.uk - 620682.jpg 640 × 480; 86 KB
Cragg, Elland Wood - geograph.org.uk - 4205357.jpg 4,608 × 3,456; 3.26 MB
Cwar yr Ystrad limestone quarry workings - geograph.org.uk - 460890.jpg 640 × 482; 112 KB
Denholme Beck - geograph.org.uk - 358866.jpg 640 × 480; 144 KB
Disused overgrown quarry - geograph.org.uk - 289904.jpg 640 × 480; 181 KB
Disused Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 1024179.jpg 640 × 480; 88 KB
Disused Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 755517.jpg 640 × 426; 69 KB
Disused quarry above Ellerton Scar - geograph.org.uk - 1089135.jpg 640 × 480; 91 KB
Disused quarry at Reins Wood - geograph.org.uk - 6067618.jpg 1,024 × 768; 328 KB
Disused quarry by Vesper Road - geograph.org.uk - 832411.jpg 640 × 480; 75 KB
Disused quarry in the Mount of Remembrance grounds, Burnley Road, Luddendenfoot. - geograph.org.uk - 2884470.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 1.47 MB
Disused quarry on Crow Hill - geograph.org.uk - 3116374.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 966 KB
Disused quarry on Norland Moor - geograph.org.uk - 4624794.jpg 1,024 × 768; 195 KB
Disused quarry, Birdlip Hill - geograph.org.uk - 622149.jpg 426 × 640; 130 KB
Disused quarry, Dawson Wood, Idle - geograph.org.uk - 2321701.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 1.52 MB
Disused quarry, Elland Wood Bottom, Halifax - geograph.org.uk - 1202451.jpg 640 × 480; 169 KB
Disused Quarry, near Ossett - geograph.org.uk - 2163347.jpg 640 × 480; 120 KB
Field and worked-out quarry, Keighley - geograph.org.uk - 495789.jpg 640 × 471; 116 KB
Former Bargate stone quarry, Holloway Hill, Godalming, Surrey.jpg 2,587 × 1,940; 2.37 MB
Former Limestone Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 892553.jpg 640 × 427; 275 KB
Former quarry, Coaley Peak, Gloucestershire - 1.jpg 4,096 × 1,940; 3.28 MB
Former quarry, Coaley Peak, Gloucestershire - 2.jpg 4,096 × 1,940; 3.06 MB
Former quarry, Coaley Peak, Gloucestershire - 3.jpg 4,096 × 1,940; 3.07 MB
Former quarry, near Crawley Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire - 1.jpg 4,096 × 1,940; 2.7 MB
Former quarry, near Crawley Hill, Uley, Gloucestershire - 2.jpg 1,940 × 2,587; 2.46 MB
Former railway sidings, Esperston Lime Works - geograph.org.uk - 5857870.jpg 1,600 × 1,150; 485 KB
Former Salterley Quarry (now Hartley Lane car park), Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire.jpg 2,437 × 1,828; 2.04 MB
Hengistbury Head, old quarry - geograph.org.uk - 644379.jpg 640 × 480; 83 KB
Hengistbury Head, old quarry and view - geograph.org.uk - 644387.jpg 640 × 480; 94 KB
Humps and holes, Soil Hill, Halifax - geograph.org.uk - 824820.jpg 640 × 480; 94 KB
Kimberley yard, 2018.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 362 KB
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip, Gloucestershire - 1.jpg 2,587 × 1,940; 2.12 MB
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip, Gloucestershire - 2.jpg 2,587 × 1,940; 2.21 MB
Knap House Quarry, Birdlip, Gloucestershire - 3.jpg 2,587 × 1,940; 2.31 MB
Loftus Alum Workings - geograph.org.uk - 96153.jpg 640 × 482; 78 KB
Maxey Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 959233.jpg 640 × 480; 89 KB
Moorland sheep on former quarry - geograph.org.uk - 602819.jpg 640 × 480; 84 KB
Mulfra Hill - disused quarry.jpg 4,032 × 3,024; 6.28 MB
North side of Ilkley Moor - geograph.org.uk - 1020365.jpg 640 × 332; 43 KB
Old chalk quarry and recycling centre (geograph 3685900).jpg 640 × 427; 49 KB
Old Quarries, Greasy Slack Wood - geograph.org.uk - 128427.jpg 640 × 480; 178 KB
Old quarry car park - geograph.org.uk - 2041781.jpg 640 × 480; 129 KB
Old quarry on Watch Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1189280.jpg 640 × 480; 96 KB
Old quarry spoil heaps near Halifax FP121 - geograph.org.uk - 5944873.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 1.15 MB
Old quarry workings and view from Cupwith Hill, Slaithwaite - geograph.org.uk - 540899.jpg 640 × 415; 81 KB
Old stone quarry in Post Hill woods (1) - geograph.org.uk - 5645148.jpg 1,024 × 768; 365 KB
Old stone quarry in Post Hill woods (2) - geograph.org.uk - 5645149.jpg 1,024 × 768; 278 KB
Peckfield Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 271359.jpg 640 × 412; 65 KB
Pond in Old quarry pit near Halifax FP121 - geograph.org.uk - 5944879.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 1 MB
Quarried area and remains of stone wall on Deanhead Moor, Scammonden - geograph.org.uk - 5131036.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 901 KB
Quarried land, Strangstry Wood, Elland - geograph.org.uk - 723287.jpg 640 × 480; 116 KB
Quarry face beside Leys Lane - geograph.org.uk - 2476320.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 665 KB
Quarry face, Strangstry Wood, Rastrick - geograph.org.uk - 723259.jpg 640 × 441; 143 KB
Site of quarry off Twinge Lane, Southowram - geograph.org.uk - 2513228.jpg 2,000 × 1,500; 811 KB
Sports Field on Site of Newlay Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 1591220.jpg 640 × 425; 93 KB
Tank Quarry - geograph.org.uk - 906510.jpg 480 × 640; 80 KB
The District Council boundary, Cold Edge Road - geograph.org.uk - 1279842.jpg 640 × 419; 92 KB
The old quarry, Quarry Lane, Ketley - geograph.org.uk - 1191744.jpg 640 × 480; 499 KB
The Old Quarry, Skidby - geograph.org.uk - 800455.jpg 640 × 448; 172 KB
Travellers Caravan Site, Westfield Road - geograph.org.uk - 392068.jpg 640 × 480; 104 KB
Yorkgate Quarry, The Chevin - geograph.org.uk - 5216358.jpg 800 × 533; 105 KB

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