The Old Man of Coniston is a fell in the Furness Fells in the English Lake District It is 2 634 feet 803 m high and lies to the west of the village of Coniston and the lake Coniston Water The fell is sometimes known by the alternative name of Coniston Old Man or simply The Old Man The mountain is popular with tourists and fell walkers with a number of well marked paths to the summit
21 ensp 0183 ensp Alternative Names None A disused slate quarry situated in the Tilberthwaite Valley near Coniston Hodge Close is one of many such slate workings in the Tilberthwaite area The mine was worked from the 19th century to the early 1960s and is now a site much favoured by divers Type of Dive Hodge close is a famous quarry and cave dive Suggested experience Quarry Dive Leaders The
Hodge Close OS Grid ref NY 316017 A disused slate quarry situated in the Tilberthwaite Valley near Coniston Hodge Close is one of many such slate workings in the Tilberthwaite area The mine was worked from the 19th century to the early 1960s and is now a site much favoured by divers
coniston close slate quarry dragonflycottage coniston close slate quarry Spectacular Hodge Close Walks The AA 1 From the parking area follow the road down into the hamlet of Hodge Close Hodge Close Quarry to the right last worked in the early 1970s is a huge gaping hole in Discover 460 million years of landscape change on The Old
Hodge Close Quarry in Coniston Cumbria The remains of a crane submerged in a quarry approximately 152m deep Other items include vans cars and other machinery used when the slate quarry was active
Hodge Close Quarry is just one of many slate workings in the Tilberthwaite Valley between Langdale and Coniston This was worked on a large scale from the 19th century to small scale in the early 1960s Hodge Close Quarry is a massive excavation of light green coloured slate sheer sided and unfenced with an original worked depth from ground
Hodge Close Quarry is just one of many slate workings in the Tilberthwaite Valley between Little Langdale and Coniston Now long since closed Hodge Close is
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9 ensp 0183 ensp The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine Common uses for slate include as a roofing material a flooring material gravestones and memorial tablets and for electrical insulation
There are numerous slate quarries between Little Langdale to the north and Coniston to the south Hodge Close is by far the best known of them giving many long and exciting pitches with the usual caveat that slate quarries can be loose on varying scales from the smallest finger holds to whole buttreses Cathedral Quarry is the other well known
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Aug 10 2019 · We have previously tryed to get into the nearby slate mines but we couldn t locate the correct entrance we now have the location This trip we found a few of the many copper mine enterances Only a short rope so couldn t get in to far Next time we
Jun 20 2017 · A close shave Lamb rescued from 40ft quarry tunnel Photo RSPCA A lamb stuck down a 40 foot deep disused quarry tunnel has been rescued by the RSPCA and Coniston Mountain Rescue volunteers
The body of a man has been found in a disused Lake District quarry The year old man from Barrow was spotted jumping quot from height quot into the water at Hodge Close Quarry Coniston Cumbria
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Little Langdale is a place that we have been through a few times but didn t know what we had been missing with the Hodge Close Trail The walk is a short one with great views fairly easy on the legs and in a part of the Lake District which is away from the maddening crowds
The quarry was worked as a open pit now flooded by 150ft with levels and chamber coning off the bottom access levels and above the pit Most of these levels have now been Obliterated by more modern operations and those left can only be accessed by diving
Apr 17 2017 · Hodge Close Quarry Caves Coniston Hodge Close quarry and caves is certainly an adventure for young and old alike A couple of miles north of Coniston you can park for free at GR 315017 on OS map OL7 Hodge Close offers some amazing views of its massive water filled cavern from both the top and bottom
As of this writing one last slate quarry is still active Waterfalls on Church Beck There are several well marked trails leading to the summit cairn but the most popular by far is the Tourist Path that starts in Coniston village and climbs the east face of the fell On the way the trail passes through a fascinating landscape of old mine
ACCESS ♦ – Coniston is fairly easy to find but the area is so large that finding good fossiliferous sections is hard There is a mile walk to the quarry TYPE – The Coniston area has many sections that are good for fossil collecting There are several quarries and cuttings and a number of streams and scree slopes FOSSIL HUNTING
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The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine Common uses for slate include as a roofing material a flooring material gravestones and memorial tablets and for electrical insulation
Slate Mine History The Old Man of Coniston is situated in the heart of the Lakes District it is 2 634 feet 803 m high and lies to the west of the village of Coniston The slate mines are situated on the North East flank of the Old Man and are known as Old Man Quarries though sometimes given the individual names of Brandy Crag SaddleStone and Moss Head
After passing the faint remains of an ancient homestead it reaches Bannishead a flagstone quarry It is the late 1950s and two small boys are walking up the track through the Far Intake They open the last gate close it and emerge onto the open fell cross the remains of the slab bridge over Summer Cove Beck washed away in a storm earlier in
As more slate was dug out the two quarries grew larger and crept closer to each other and to the river Eventually the miners at the Banishead Quarry got too close and a section supporting the riverbank collapsed Water was diverted into the quarry flooding it and ending all mining activity here
Tilberthwaite Hodge Close Cathedral Cavern Slater Bridge Inside Cathedral Cavern This Little Langdale walk is a long one for children at just over five miles that will be wearying for younger travellers However you will find plenty to motivate younger walkers here There is a huge cave to explore abandoned quarries with loose slate screes for building towers trees to climb and more
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The lake at the abandoned slate quarry near Coniston in Cumbria is an eerie enough site but as this image shows if you turn your head you are greeted with the terrifying sight of a giant skull
Dec 07 2011 · The lake at the abandoned slate quarry near Coniston in Cumbria is an eerie enough site but as this image shows if you turn your head you are
Jun 20 2017 · A geology student from Leeds University was doing fieldwork at the old Ash Ghyll slate quarry near Coniston when she spotted the trapped lamb A close shave Lamb rescued from 40ft quarry
Oct 13 2015 · Aerial video of some of the abandoned slate quarries on the Old Man of Coniston in the English Lake District Close This video is unavailable Coniston Old Man Slate Quarries nigelwilkins
Go through the gateway beside the house and back onto the tarmac road passing an entrance down into Hodge Close quarry on your left Hodge Close Quarry is a dramatic example of man s influence upon the appearance of a landscape featuring a huge cavern with a water filled bottom which dominates the landscape along with large spoil piles from the slate mining
Workable slate is obtained from two main geological deposits in Cumbria Together these deposits have given us the silver grey slates of Coniston Old Man the green slates of Broughton Moor Hodge Close a nd Kirkstone the blue black slates of Brathay and Longsleddale and the blue grey slates quarried in Kirkby in Furness
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Hodge Close and the Tilberthwaite quarries are really joined at the hip so you could park in either area and explore both The Coniston mines are just a few more miles down the road Add Cathedral Cave in to your day and you have a magical insight in to the history of mining and quarrying in the Lake District
Oct 10 2018 · This valley and many of the hills around were once full of copper mines and slate quarries the history of which is told in the excellent Ruskin Museum in Coniston village The path leaves the stream and valley bottom and starts to scale the mountain towards a large slate quarry
Hodge Close Quarry in Coniston Cumbria The remains of a crane submerged in a quarry approximately 152m deep Other items include vans cars and other machinery used when the slate quarry was active
26 ensp 0183 ensp Go through the gateway beside the house and back onto the tarmac road passing an entrance down into Hodge Close quarry on your left Hodge Close Quarry is a dramatic example of man s influence upon the appearance of a landscape featuring a huge cavern with a water filled bottom which dominates the landscape along with large spoil piles from the slate mining
16 ensp 0183 ensp Little Langdale is a place that we have been through a few times but didn t know what we had been missing with the Hodge Close Trail The walk is a short one with great views fairly easy on the legs and in a part of the Lake District which is away from the maddening crowds
Hodge Close Quarry in the Lake District is one of many slate workings in the Tilberthwaite Valley between Langdale and Coniston It is a massive Looking down into the Hodge Close disused slate quarry in the Lake District National Park Cumbria
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