Swinden Quarry is a quarry located on the Skipton to Grassington Line near the village of Cracoe

Cracoe

Cracoe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near to Rylstone and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. Cracoe has an estimated population of 160 residents....

 in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

. It is owned by Tarmac

Tarmac (company)

Tarmac is a company that is based in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom and operates internationally. The company produces aggregates and road-surfacing materials, including tarmacadam, from which the company's name is derived...

. The railway line still serves this mine.

Swinden Quarry railway station is a railway siding for use at the Swinden Quarry near the village of Cracoe

Cracoe

Cracoe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near to Rylstone and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. Cracoe has an estimated population of 160 residents....

. The siding is on the old Skipton to Grassington Line built by the Yorkshire Dales Railway.

See also

• Cracoe
  Cracoe
  Cracoe is a hamlet and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near to Rylstone and about 6 miles south west of Grassington. Cracoe has an estimated population of 160 residents....
  
  
• EWS
• Tarmac
  Tarmac (company)
  Tarmac is a company that is based in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom and operates internationally. The company produces aggregates and road-surfacing materials, including tarmacadam, from which the company's name is derived...
  
  

External links

• Tarmac official site on Swinden Quarry.