Backdale Quarry and Longstone Edge
If you know the Peak District then you'll know there are strange happenings on Longstone Edge - you might say that's been the case for many years and you may be right.
Nowadays though the Edge is taking an even bigger pounding than it used to do - especially at Backdale Quarry. As you drive along the road between Hassop and Calver crossroads you may get a hint of this quarry to the west of the road but if you're walking to the east of the road along the Bramley Plantation ridge on Hassop Footpath No. 9 [yes each footpath can be identified by its parish and number] then you will get a view of the quarry face in all its 'glory'.
It is alleged that the quarry owner is overstepping the mark in that they are in breach of the planning permission. The Peak Park has taken enforcement action to stop the continued work but the quarry owner has appealed and a public inquiry will ensue - in the meantime more Peak District stone is ripped out of the hillside.
The website of the Save Longstone Edge campaign at http://www.longstone-edge.org.uk/ explains it much better than me - and they need your support - and they have the photographs - so why not have a look and see if there's anything you can do. By the way do watch the new dvd referred to on the homepage - it's well worth it.
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A No. 10 Downing Street e-petition has been started by local residents to campaign the government to take action against what is considered to be illegal quarrying activities on Longstone Edge in the Peak District. At the time of writing over 1,600 people had signed the petition with the number rising daily. If you would like to sign the petition you can do so via the website http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Quarrying/ or via the Save Longstone Edge website http://www.longstone-edge.org.uk/
The petition reads: 'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop quarrying damaging the Peak District National Park.'
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