Honister Slate Mine information

The Honister Slate Mine in Cumbria is the last working slate mine in England. Quarrying for Westmorland green slate has been taking place in the area...

these passes are Whinlatter Pass, Newlands Pass and Honister Pass. Honister Slate Mine and Honister Hause Youth Hostel are located at the summit of the...

in the United Kingdom is the Lake district, with Honister slate mine being the last working slate mine, the only producers of the world famous Westmorland...

Burlington Slate Quarries, Honister Slate Mine and Skiddaw Slate) and, formerly in the West Highlands of Scotland, around Ballachulish and the Slate Islands...

quarry workings of the Honister Slate Mine and over Black Star, the highest point of Honister Crag at 630 metres (2,070 feet). Honister Crag was upgraded to...

United Kingdom. The Honister Slate Mine is the only mine in the Lake District still producing slates of this type. Good quality slates are also found in...

In 2011 Natural England successfully prosecuted Honister Slate Mine for damaging the SSSI. The mine had been redeveloped by a local businessman as a...

112 Tyler, Page 126 Tyler, Page 88 Ian Tyler (1994) "Honister Slate – The History of a Lakeland Slate Mine", Blue Rock Publications ISBN 0-9523028-0-2....

descends into Honister Slate Mine (now the only operational slate mine in England) and sees the miniature railway previously used to carry the slate to the surface...

This is a list of show mines, that are currently open to the public. Focus is on underground mining activity. Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap...

Archives) (operating) Yaxham Light Railway (operating) 2 ft (610 mm) Honister Slate Mine (private) (operating) Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (converted from...

753 metres or 2,470 foot above sea level and stands immediately north of Honister Pass, the road between Borrowdale and Buttermere. The North-Western Fells...

takes place today; for example, slate mining continues at the Honister Mines, at the top of Honister Pass. Abandoned mine workings can be found on fellsides...

to near Honister Hause but it is now a bridleway. Until about 1850 Moses Trod was used to transport slate from high-level quarries at Honister over to...