Horton quarry community page

About Horton quarry

Horton is a large quarry situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It covers almost 80ha and is surrounded by SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and SAC (Special Areas of Conservation) areas, which include limestone pavement areas.

The quarry extracts Carboniferous limestone to produce a variety of aggregates for use in our own ready-mixed concrete plants in the north west of England and in external customers’ concrete products. It also produces high PSV (polished stone value) gritstone, which is used in asphalt for road maintenance and construction.

Horton quarry has around 50 million tonnes of consented reserves and, once extraction is complete, the site will be restored to calcareous grassland.
 

We operate more than 300 manufacturing sites in the UK and employ over 4,000 people, offering a variety of careers and development opportunities. 

These include a wide range of roles from production workers, plant operatives, engineers, technicians and drivers to sales, IT, finance and HR managers.

We also provide various apprenticeships, giving you the opportunity to earn while you learn. These include craft apprenticeships, such as mobile plant operators and mechanical engineers, as well as our three-year higher apprenticeship programme, which offers the first steps towards a varied career as well as the opportunity to secure valuable qualifications.

Similarly, our graduate programme for specialists in engineering, geology, marketing or a STEM related discipline, offers a structured two-year programme based in a variety of locations across the UK.

Interested? Apply now...

Take a look at our current jobs and opportunities on our careers website.

Community liaison

We are committed to open communication and hold twice yearly meetings with the Parish Council at site to discuss local issues and projects.

We are also looking to establish/However, we are looking to replace this with a Horton quarry community liaison group to help develop ongoing dialogue with residents and stakeholders.

Our aim is that membership of this group would be made up of representatives from the local community, local elected representatives and relevant council officers, as well as representation from relevant statutory and non-statutory bodies. If you are interested in representing your community on this group, please get in touch with us at: hortonquarry@uk.heidelbergmaterials.com

Supporting the community

As a responsible operator, we want to play our part in supporting communities near our sites as well as protecting and enhancing the local environment.

Under normal circumstances we welcome school and college visits to our site, host community open days and carry out a broad range of regular community support initiatives. In addition, local charities and community groups have benefitted from the donation of money, materials and time, through our employee volunteering days.

Our approach is to prioritise support for initiatives:

• Promoting education, skills, and wellbeing
• Protecting/enhancing the environment
• Supporting biodiversity and sustainability
• Promoting the community and heritage of the area

Assistance is prioritised to groups making applications from those based within a three-mile radius of our Horton quarry site. To make an application for funding, material donation and/or volunteer support, please tell us about your group and/or project, what type of support you are seeking and how your project’s aims dovetail with our support initiative goals set out above.

Please complete this form to request a donation [link to form]

Recent beneficiaries of our local support programme include:

• Horton in Ribblesdale Parish Council – funding the printing of the parish's Winter 2024 newsletter.

Donating the funds needed for a Christmas tree located in the village.