SCRCA Location Type: Rail-served Industry

Location Type Code
RI

Rail-served industries are businesses located close to the railway between Hellifield and Carlisle that have (or at one time had) their own railway siding(s) to either send or receive freight by rail. The range of rail-served industries that have been associated with the Settle-Carlisle Railway Conservation Area at some point in history includes quarries, timber extraction, dairies, lime works, mills and other factories.

Examples

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SCRCA Location Variant: Rail-Served Industry - Site Active

Location ID: 240951

Helwith Bridge Quarries

Helwith Bridge Quarry Siding with quarry sites labelled

SCRCA Location Variant: Rail-Served Industry - Site Inactive

 

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