lime

hi yes its your fag puffing farmer back from a bit of a hiatus in fact my last post was may 2024 with another bit of railbex i know you all enjoy. i dont do many of these now but with it being sunday afternoon and on my way back from grimsby it was time to do a mooch that i always said i,d...

1. The History Lime quarrying has been common to this part of Derbyshire throughout the 19th Century. In 1891, fierce competition saw thirteen quarry owners consolidate their seventeen quarries under the collective umbrella of Buxton Lime Firms. Controlled by four directors, they disingenuously...

Information: Just to classify, I visited this location in September 2024, locating the actual site was not too hard if you stick to the path. There was no security, only a few wire fences that have rusted. Quite a bit of graffiti, but that didn't take away from the old machinery and buildings...

I'm not a fan of Google but one thing they do well is Maps. Scouting around Ilkeston in Google Maps revealed an unusual pill shaped building in the middle of a wooded area in Ilkeston. Further investigation made it irresistable to go take a look. I'm built for comfort and not as slender as...

Introduction- First time report, long time lurker and general wanderer. Visited this explore with the mrs, while we drove an old VW T3 around the peaks for a walking/camping holiday. I’ve been sitting on these awful photos for a while, so sorry about the poor photography taking on a phone 6...

One we visited after failing on the first attempt at Shoreham. I had always fancied seeing this classic place and as me and man gone wrong thought it was a good back up. I enjoyed all the little buildings and the kilns themselves were very impressive, they were quite a size, and getting on top...

Cocking Lime Works and Quarry, Cocking, West Sussex - June 2022 Nice and easy explore this one (assuming you take a look at a map rather than brazenly striding away from the path as we did), with a pleasant selection of cable elevators in the chalk and the main crusher/kilns also relatively...

Introduction Another one from my Peak District exploring trip a few months back. Unfortunately, as I was short on time I only did the main Lime Kiln structure and the gatehouse/auxiliary buildings at the beginning of the track. There is a fair bit more to this site which can be seen in various...

History The town of Buxton sits on the edge of a plateau of limestone, and ever since the ancient times has been dug up and used for multiple purposes, such as in construction and agriculture. Limestone remains a useful resource to this day and is used in multiple industries, including in...

Had this place pinned for a couple of years so finally decided to take a look, quite different to something I would usually do. Decided to climb to the top and the view was stunning, even looked behind to see the active quarry. History on the place. Along the coast road from South Shields to...

I made a solo visit to this coming home from Scotland one weekend, I went back a while later with two friends. I know it's been visited a fair bit, but something quite nice about it. The main kiln area is quite an impressive structure to see. It reminds you of some giant concrete temple. It's...

First Post! Went to cocking lime works. Definitely worth a visit. We live in west Sussex/London any recommendations of where we could explore next? Bit of history: The earliest known mention of lime workings in the parish of Cocking is in 1715, when Cowdray Estate documents refer to two...

The lime works at Butser Hill was previously a site used by the Royal Navy Bomb Disposal unit during World War II, and became a lime works after the war in 1948 after being bought by Portland Cement. The lime works closed down a long time ago, however within the last few years the site has...

Norfolk is known for its lime and was extensively quarried in the 1800's. Little kilns sprouted up everywhere in the county. Used for burning the lime at high temperatures. This would create quicklime and used in construction. The kilns here are mainly set low in the ground. A small chamber with...

1. The History Lime quarrying has been common in this part of Derbyshire ever since the 1800s. In 1891 fierce competition saw 13 quarry owners consolidate their 17 quarries into the Buxton Lime Firms. They were controlled by four directors who tried to create a monopoly by raising the price of...