Quarries of The Mendip Hills - Active Quarries

Active Quarries

Name Location Map owners/operators Notes
Batts Combe Quarry Cheddar ST460550 Hanson Aggregates
Callow Rock Quarry Cheddar ST442558 Bardon Aggregates
Colemans Quarry Holwell near Nunney ST726452 Bardon Aggregates
Doulting Stone Quarry Doulting ST648436 Independent business.
Dulcote Quarry (closed) Dulcote near Wells ST565445 Foster Yeoman - Bardon Aggregates
Halecombe Leigh-on-Mendip ST697474 Tarmac
Gurney Slade Quarry Gurney Slade between Binegar and Holcombe ST626497 Morris & Perry (Gurney Slade) Ltd
Moon's Hill Quarry Stoke St Michael ST665460 John Wainwright & Co Ltd Geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
Torr Works East Cranmore / Downhead ST695446 Foster Yeoman - Bardon Aggregates
Whatley Quarry Whatley ST731479 ARC

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