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Hope Quarry - Castleton (About (Owned by Hope who also own the cement…
Hope Quarry - Castleton
Impacts
Social :silhouettes:
Advantages :check:
200 jobs
in rural area with limited employment
New
recreation facilities
provided -
Sports and Social Club
:tennis:
Disadvantages :no_entry:
Noise and dust pollution
Disruption from blasts up to
3 times a week
:explode:
Children tempted to
swim or skate on lakes
Economic :pen:
Advantages :check:
Multiplier effect
on the local economy
Provides
23%
of UK limestone for cement -
national economy
Disadvantages :no_entry:
Quarrying costs are
huge
Difficult for farm tourism
diversification
as views spoilt
Land suitable for
hill and dairy farming
destroyed :tractor:
Envrionmental :recycle:
Advantages :check:
Old parts of quarry provide habitats -
Hadfields nature reserve
:national_park:
Disadvantages :no_entry:
Visual pollution
as quarry is
150m deep
and has destroyed
1 square km
Air and noise pollution
from lorries
Habitat loss -
biodiversity
destroyed
About
Owned by
Hope
who also own the
cement works
Produces
2 million
tonnes of limestone a year
35 years
of limestone left
1 square km
limestone plateau destroyed
Peak District
national park
Strategies
During Extraction
Blasting limited to
3 times a week
:explode:
Avoid blasting on
overcast days
when sound and dust returns to earth
Slopes
backfilled
to prevent accidents :
Modern quieter
equipment
Short travel distance for limestone to the adjacent cement works
Artificial slope
to hide quarry entrance
Public roads
cleaned after blasting
to remove dust
After Extraction
Land restored for
dairy farming
:cow2:
Hadfields nature reserve
Shale quarries restored for
water based recreation
9 hole golf course
:golf:
Footpaths and cycle routes
:walking: :bicyclist:
Quarry walls have been
regraded and reseeded
to create gentle slopes