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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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: Clean 6g Gabion material for civil engineering projects
Use: Sea/River defences, Stabilisation projects
Use: Can be trimmed or cut to any shape or size.
Use: Used for shoreline, bridge abutments, pilings
Use: Granular sub base material, good load bearing properties
Use: A recycled material used as bulk fill or cap and lay material
Use: A recycled material used as bulk fill or cap and lay material. Good for Piling Mats
Use: Back fill, trench fill sub base
Use: Combination of crushed rock and stone dust creates a low void sub base material
Use: Sub base and Type B drainage material
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