Footpath in Helsby Quarry
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Footpath in Helsby Quarry
Image: © Sue Adair Taken: 16 Feb 2013
Helsby Quarry Woodland Park was once a working quarry called Mountskill Quarry. Sandstone was extracted from the early 1800s until the 1920s, the site being used as a tip until it was reclaimed and transformed in the late 1980s and opened as a Local Nature Reserve in 1990. Nearby is a rock tunnel through which a tramway once ran transporting sandstone to Ince pier on the River Mersey.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.267992
Longitude
-2.766879