Review of Hodge Close Trail. Reviewed January 7, 2023. The quarries are sublime for exploring and the access to Skull cave must be completed! However PLEASE take your rubbish home unlike some who had disposed of their BBQ and beer cans by just throwing them where they thought couldn't b e seen>.Web
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The cast, crew, and all the filming equipment had to be winched down into one of the caves of Hodge Close Quarry for a pivotal scene. Production also visited Rydal Cave, a man-made cavern which, …Web
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Hodge Close Quarry, which has a 300 foot drop on one side, is one of the largest artificial holes in England. It has a myriad of old slate mine workings and tunnels popular with climbers and ...Web
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If you want more of an adventure, you can extend your walk from the Slater's Bridge to visit Hodge Close Quarry. This is another disused slate quarry that has a lagoon and a skull cave! It's nicknamed Britain's scariest cave as there is a reflection of a skull in the lagoon below. The inside also looks like you're inside a giant skull.Web
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Yorkshire-based athlete Emma Powell successfully ticked her ongoing project, Guardians of the Underworld, on Sunday 29th May after months of working the route.The climb, which is located at The Works, Hodge Close Quarry, is one of the hardest routes at the venue, and indeed in the U.K.In completing it Emma has become the first …Web
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Hodge Close – a well-known quarry and cave dive site near Coniston. Diving is in a discussed slate quarry. There is parking at the top of the quarry and alongside the entrance to the old quarry. There is no vehicular access to the tunnel entrance. Access – two ways into the quarry. one from the tunnel beneath the car park. A 100m flat but ...Web
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Much-loved son, brother and friend Chris Maitland, who was known by his childhood nickname Fudd, had been drinking with work colleagues at Hodge Close Quarry near Coniston on the afternoon of July ...Web
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Type of Dive: Hodge close is a famous quarry and cave dive. Suggested experience: Quarry-Dive Leaders The tunnels-cave diver. Travel directions: Take the A593 (Ambleside to Coniston) and just under two miles north of Coniston is a narrow road on the right, signposted to Hodge Close. Follow this for about two miles until it opens out into a huge ...Web
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Hodge Close Quarry is reached from a junction on the A593 Coniston – Ambleside road, 3 kilometres north of Coniston. A minor road signposted 'Hodge Close only' is followed, passing below Raven Crag, to where it finally emerges from the woods directly in front of the huge quarry hole. There is ample parking space here.Web
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Hodge close is a great place to visit, but very dangerous if not treated with care. You can access the quarry by a steep path, treacherous in the wet. Wear sensible footwear.... then enter the other quarry thru a large gap in the rocks. Amazing.. but you can just walk around the top and look in... Used by scuba divers and abseilers, the quarry ...Web
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Print/PDF map. Length 6.1 kmElevation gain 288 mRoute type Circular. Try this 6.1-km circular trail near Coniston, Cumbria. Generally considered a moderately challenging route. This is a popular trail for hiking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day. The best times to visit this trail are March through October.Web
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About. An enjoyable mountain bike ride on gravel and stony tracks with views across the Langdale Pikes and down into the depths of Hodge Close. Distance: 3.85 miles (6.2km). Nearest Town: Ambleside. Start Location: Tilberthwaite Car Park. From Ambleside head out on the A593 towards Coniston. Go through Skelwith Bridge.Web
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The Witcher was filmed at Blea Tarn, one of the caves of Hodge Close Quarry and Rydal Cave - a man-made cavern and former working quarry which supplied roofing slate to the surrounding villages over 200 years ago. County Durham. Production crews visited Low Force Waterfall in Teesdale, County Durham -capturing scenes …Web
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The Witcher Lake District Filming Locations 1. Hodge Close Quarry lake. The Witcher series 2, episode 3. We first see Hodge Close Quarry during The Witcher series 2, episode 3 'What is Lost' shortly after the fight that happens at Kaer Morhen keep.. If you remember in the series, Geralt discovers that Eskel is actually a Leshy monster and …Web
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Hodge Close Quarry, Little Langdale, The Lake District. The Hodge Close Abseiling Venue in South Lakes is seemingly in the middle of nowhere; set in thick Oak woodland against a backdrop of towering mountains. This is a place where once, Slate was quarried for building houses and slating roofs. The quarry is deep and the sides fall for more ...Web
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The cast, crew, and all the filming equipment had to be winched down into one of the caves of Hodge Close Quarry for a pivotal scene. Production also visited Rydal Cave, a man-made cavern which, over 200 years ago, was a busy working quarry supplying roofing slate to the surrounding villages. Low Force WaterfallWeb
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From Hodge Close – You can walk to Cathedral Cave from Hodge Close Quarry which has a dedicated car park. This is again around 1 mile. Plug in LA21 8DJ for the free car park. From Blea Tarn – You can walk from the National Trust Blea Tarn car park to Cathedral Cave. This will be around 2 miles.Web
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Hodge Close Quarry, Little Langdale, The Lake District. The Hodge Close Abseiling Venue in South Lakes is seemingly in the middle of nowhere; set in thick Oak woodland against a backdrop of towering mountains. This is …Web
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Hodge Close Quarry Overview Topos Map Guidebooks Stats Articles 14 Photos 139 Videos Weather Comments Latest Ascents; Climbs 103 Rocktype Slate Altitude 170m a.s.l ... The quarry has a tendency to collapse at fairly regular intervals so routes may change! Roadside. More Less Approach InfoWeb
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The Bield, once home to the sculptress Josefina de Vasconcellos. Photo by Chris Morton. On a minor road is the old stone Slater Bridge, a typical pack horse bridge crossing the River Brathay. A short walk from the hamlet, across the Slater Bridge, is the famous Cathedral Cave, and a little further is Hodge Close Quarry. Many of the scattered farms …Web
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The body of a man has been found in a disused Lake District quarry. The 30-year-old man, from Barrow, was spotted jumping "from height" into the water at Hodge Close Quarry, Coniston, Cumbria ...Web
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Hodge Close Quarry, which has a 300 foot drop on one side, is one of the largest artificial holes in England. It has a myriad of old slate mine workings and tunnels popular with climbers and ...Web
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Tilberthwaite, Hodge Close, Cathedral Cavern & Slater Bridge Inside Cathedral Cavern This Little Langdale walk is a long one for children, at just over five-miles that will be wearying for younger travellers. However, you …Web
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How to get to Cathedral Cave. There is a very pleasant 3-mile circular walk to Cathedral Cave, which also takes in Hodge Close Quarry. Starting at the small car park near Bakestone Barrow Wood, head north until you reach Hodge Close Quarry.You can stop here for some pictures: on its side, the reflections in the water create a terrifying skull!Web
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The body of a man has been found at Hodge Close Quarry in Coniston, Cumbria Police have confirmed. A 30-year-old man from Barrow was found in the evening on 10 July 2018. Police were contacted at ...Web
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Hodge close is an old green slate quarry in the Tilberthwaite Valley, near Langdale. It was first quarried in the 19 th century right up until the 1960s. Initially, it was an open pit with levels and chambers coming …Web
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The abandoned Hodge Close slate quarry, which is 70 metres deep from the surface and has a 20 metre deep lake, is riddled with underwater tunnels, near Coniston, Cumbria in the Lake District.Web
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Hodge Close. The Old Forge has only 2 cottages nearby, neither of which interrupt the views. It lies at a crossroad of tracks and bridleways so you can cycle direct to Coniston village or Ambleside in the other direction. There is a a feeling of remoteness with hardly any passing traffic and yet only 15 mins or so from Ambleside with its cinema ...Web
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Hodge Close Quarry. Address: Hodge Close, Coniston LA21 8DJ. The last spot on our list, Hodge Close Quarry was used for what Netflix describes as "a pivotal scene" in the second season of The Witcher. Burrowed a few miles north of Coniston, the now disused slate mine is notorious for its dramatic skull-shaped rock formation visible …Web
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