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Rocks, Resources and Scenery (Hope Quarry (Social (200 jobs :check:,…
Rocks, Resources and Scenery
Castleton
Attractions
Four show caves - Treak cliff cavern
2 caves with Blue John Flourspar - Blue John Cavern
Limestone way - 90km for walkers
Pervil castle
16 BnBs and 16 tourists shops
Costs of White peak tourism
Footpath erosion
FP widens
Managed by adding limestone chippings :red_flag:
Farming conflicts
Gates being left open
Management - Stiles and Signs :red_flag:
Visual pollution
Graffiti and litter
Management - Litter bins and fines :red_flag:
Holiday homes
5% of houses. Prices 30% higher than rest of area
Small population
Benefits of tourism
Employment in 16 BnBs and 16 tourist shops
Services - PO and general store opened
Fish and chips shop at weekends
Farming - diversification
Local farm food
Lafarge Cement work
23% of limestone cement quarried here
10% of UKs cement
Hope Quarry
Produces 2 million tones of limestone a year
Social
200 jobs :check:
Lafarge Sports and Social club in old parts of quarry :check:
Noise and Dust pollution - blasting 3 times a week :red_cross:
Children are tempted to swim in lake :red_cross:
Environmental
Hadfeilds nature reserve :check:
150m deep hole which has destroyed 1 square km of landscape :red_cross:
Air and Noise pollution :red_cross:
Habitat loss :red_cross:
Economic
Farmland can only be used for hill and dairy farming :red_cross:
Large costs of reducing impacts :red_cross:
23% of UKs cement worth a lot to national economy :check:
Multiplier effect in local shops :check:
Management
Blasting limited to 3 times a week
Slopes backfilled and reseeded
Modern equipment is quiter
Materials transported by conveyer belts
London Aquifer
Advantages of Aquifer
Water is cleaned
200 million litres per day taken form the aquifer in 2005
Water doesn't evaporate
Sustainability