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Shap Quarry

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.

The site yields two types of stone; light Shap primarily worked as aggregate whereas dark Shap tends to be used architecturally. 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.

Shap Quarry – Part of the Armstrongs Group

Shap Quarry is one of our main sites and produces many tonnes of granite product each year. For more information, please call us on 01204 668021 today.

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aggregate processing at Shap
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Armstrongs fleet at Shap
Shap Quarry
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aggregate processing equipment at Shap
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  • Armstrongs Group has worked closely with the Balfour Beatty delivery team on the Rossall Coastal Defence Scheme, supplying rock armour and other structural aggregates. Armstongs provides hands-on support and customer service that is second to none. We work hard, managing and complying with all our extensive health and safety requirements and providing a quality product, […]

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  • Supply has been seamless since Marshalls set up this agreement 3 years ago and Armstrongs have dedicated vehicles running between the quarry and the site on a daily basis. Communication between the quarry and the site is very good and any issues tend to be worked around due to the quality of the communication and […]

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  • Armstrong’s Group is one of our valued customers and has a large fleet of Hitachi Machinery. Armstrongs offered to profile the Hitachi logo out of gritstone using a new saw they had recently purchased. The final piece turned out better than we could have imagined and we displayed it in a prominent position on our […]

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Horwich Recycling Centre
Chorley New Road,
Horwich,
Bolton
BL6 5NJ

Tel: 01204 668021
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Email: enquiries@armstrongsgroup.com
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