Stancombe Quarry

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Stancombe Quarry is a quarry at Flax Bourton near Backwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England.

The quarry which is operated by Tarmac produces Carboniferous Limestone, which is mainly for use on the roads,[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6143 Stancombe Quarry production] after crushing on site.{{cite web | url=http://www.agg-net.com/case-study/hazemag-at-stancombe-quarry | title=Hazemag at Stancombe Quarry | publisher=Aggregates and Recycling Information Network | access-date=29 January 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707093542/http://www.agg-net.com/case-study/hazemag-at-stancombe-quarry | archive-date=7 July 2011 | df= }} The site has an expected output of 28 million tonnes over a 25-year period.{{cite web | url=http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/nr/rdonlyres/68c27eab-cfb0-4a49-9506-77971320552e/0/strategy_contaminatedlandstrategy.pdf | title=Contaminated land inspection strategy November 2001 (revised 2003) | publisher=North Somerset Council | access-date=29 January 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308110947/http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/nr/rdonlyres/68c27eab-cfb0-4a49-9506-77971320552e/0/strategy_contaminatedlandstrategy.pdf | archive-date=8 March 2012 | df= }}

In 1999 the car park at the quarry was used as a test site for a porous asphalt pavement.{{cite web | url=http://www.tarmacdry.co.uk/case-studies/stancombe-quarry--car-park,-bristol.aspx | title=Stancombe Quarry Car Park, Bristol | publisher=Tarmac | accessdate=29 January 2011}}

In June 2010, an explosion involving a lorry injured two people in Stancombe Quarry.{{cite news|title=Two injured in Flax Bourton quarry explosion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10313746|work=BBC News | date=14 June 2010}} The A370 road was closed but opened the following day.{{cite web|title=Two men in hospital after explosion at quarry|url=http://www.bristol247.com/2010/06/15/two-men-in-hospital-after-explosion-at-quarry/|work=Bristol 24/7}}