Tintern Quarry

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Tintern Quarry was a quarry in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was served by the Wye Valley Railway from 1876 until it closed in 1981. [1] The quarry was on the opposite side of the River Wye from the village of Tintern.

It is now used, unofficially, as a rock-climbing venue with many climbs on the more solid rock on its many terraces. [2] A Climbers Club Guide, Lower Wye Valley, describes the climbing at the quarry. [2] [3]

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References

  1. B. M. Handley and R. Dingwall, The Wye Valley Railway and the Coleford Branch, 1982, ISBN   0-85361-530-6
  2. 1 2 "Tintern Quarry". UK Climbing. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. "Tintern Quarry". BMC. Retrieved 4 July 2020.