This is like a dinky little Fullers, but as it's a bit off the beaten track there's no graffiti or empty beer cans, just some nice natural decay.
Brief history:
Buckland Sand and Silica Company was originally a family-run business founded in 1925 to produce high quality sands for the glass industry.
The Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation acquired the quarry in 1978 and then Hanson subsequently acquired it in 1990, who still continue to extract sand and silica to provide specialist glass sand to customers throughout the UK.
Since the acquisition by Hanson, sand has been processed elsewhere and the Buckland Sand and Silica Company plant has now become derelict and decaying.
The original quarry featured in a 1975 episode of Doctor Who, ‘The Seeds of Doom’. It is now disused and has become a nature reserve, but is not open to the public.
The neighbouring live quarry produces some 100,000 tonnes of sand per year and is expected to continue to be worked for another two years.
Original quarry
Storage for the local farmer?
The nearby live quarry
Thanks for looking
Brief history:
Buckland Sand and Silica Company was originally a family-run business founded in 1925 to produce high quality sands for the glass industry.
The Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation acquired the quarry in 1978 and then Hanson subsequently acquired it in 1990, who still continue to extract sand and silica to provide specialist glass sand to customers throughout the UK.
Since the acquisition by Hanson, sand has been processed elsewhere and the Buckland Sand and Silica Company plant has now become derelict and decaying.
The original quarry featured in a 1975 episode of Doctor Who, ‘The Seeds of Doom’. It is now disused and has become a nature reserve, but is not open to the public.
The neighbouring live quarry produces some 100,000 tonnes of sand per year and is expected to continue to be worked for another two years.
Original quarry
Storage for the local farmer?
The nearby live quarry
Thanks for looking
