Clitheroe
Shap
Horwich, Bolton
Chorley
Horwich, Bolton
Clitheroe
Shap
Horwich, Bolton
Chorley
Horwich, Bolton
Quarry Facts
Shap Quarry covers a 53-acre site near the village of Shap and has been in operation since 1950. It is the home of Shap pink granite, a widely-used decorative building stone.
Granite
Aggregates
53
Acres
30
Staff Members
100
Years in Operation
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The site yields two types of stone; light Shap primarily worked as aggregate whereas dark Shap tends to be used architecturally.
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Products
One example of dark Shap construction is the historic Midland Hotel in Manchester. This high-grade material is worked traditionally with high demand presently for rock armour to build up the UK’s sea and river defences.
Use: 150mm graded aggregate suitable for gabion and heavy civil engineering applications
Use: Large, durable armour stone designed for erosion and coastal protection
Use: Quarried stone cut and finished to specified dimensions
Use: Large quarried stone for erosion protection and stabilisation
Use: Granular sub-base material with good load-bearing properties
Use: Graded aggregate providing a consistent working platform
Use: Coarse, well-graded capping material, typically crushed rock or recycled aggregate
Use: Crushed stone incorporating fines, designed to compact into a stable layer
Use: Combination of crushed rock and stone dust
Use: 75mm coarse quarried aggregate
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