Hanson donates stone to build new path in Yorkshire Dales

Stone donated from Hanson’s Horton quarry is being taken by helicopter to the top of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dale National Park to build a new path, which will provide a safe route for walkers and conserve important habitat.

By Guy Woodford April 28, 2021 Read time: 1 min

Stone being lifted out of Hanson UK's Horton Quarry in Yorkshire

The company is donating 600 tonnes of aggregate from the nearby quarry to build the new path, which is part of the popular Three Peaks walking route. The path through Sulber Nick had become badly rutted, and the damage has been spreading over an increasingly wide area as walkers tried to avoid the boggy terrain.

Rangers and volunteers from the National Park Authority are using the aggregate to build a 1.3km path.

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Hanson stone donation preserves popular walking path

Stone from Hanson’s Ingleton quarry in North Yorkshire, England, has been airlifted by helicopter to repair a key footpath on Whernside – the highest of Yorkshire’s three peaks.

Rangers from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, who organised the operation, selected and bagged up 130 tonnes of Greywacke gritstone for the three-day airlift to the Bruntscar path.

The 130 bags of donated stone will be used to replace a 200-metre section of eroded stone-pitched steps and supports the authority’s ‘

May 28, 2019

Hanson stone donation preserves popular walking path

Stone from Hanson’s Ingleton quarry in North Yorkshire, England, has been airlifted by helicopter to repair a key footpath on Whernside – the highest of Yorkshire’s three peaks.

Rangers from the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, who organised the operation, selected and bagged up 130 tonnes of Greywacke gritstone for the three-day airlift to the Bruntscar path.

The 130 bags of donated stone will be used to replace a 200-metre section of eroded stone-pitched steps and supports the authority’s ‘