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Community website for our Batts Combe quarry

Quarrying operations in the Mendip Hills near Cheddar have taken place for over 100 years. Today, the limestone aggregate from our Batts Combe quarry is considered a nationally significant resource and is used to make ready-mixed and precast concrete products, as well as asphalt for use in road construction and maintenance.

Remembrance poppy shines at Batts Combe quarry

A poppy is shining brightly at Batts Combe quarry to mark Remembrance Day and the centenary year of the Poppy Appeal. 

The...

  • Press Release
  • 11 November 2021

Asphalt donation completes new community hall

Asphalt from our Batts Coombe quarry has been donated to complete a new community hall in Upper North Street.

The team at Batts...

  • Press Release
  • 30 November 2021

Local pupil switches on Christmas star

The Christmas star is once again shining brightly above Batts Combe quarry after Cheddar First School pupil George won our festive colouring competition...

  • Press Release
  • 7 December 2021

Gardeners now have smooth, safe approach to allotments

Gardeners in Maesycoed, Pontypridd, can now safely access their allotments after a team from Heidelberg Materials resurfaced the main access road to the...

  • Press Release
  • 13 December 2021

Updated social value policy now available

Our social value policy is founded on our core values and responsible leadership principles and applies to all areas of our business, our employees and...

  • Press Release
  • 16 December 2021

Cefn Mawr quarry opens its doors for biodiversity competition

Cefn Mawr quarry, near Mold, which provides the limestone needed for cement manufacture at Padeswood works, is among the sites participating in the fifth...

  • Press Release
  • 21 December 2021

Soil carbon preservation project to improve biodiversity at Grange Top

A project to investigate the preservation of carbon in soil to enhance biodiversity at Grange Top quarry has been selected as one of just six schemes in...

  • Press Release
  • 21 April 2022

Barton quarry project to support new quarry lake habitats

A project investigating the long-term management of rare quarry lake habitats at Barton sand and gravel quarry has been selected as one of just six...

  • Press Release
  • 21 April 2022

Batts quarry visit brings students’ learning to life

Science lessons were brought to life for the Redwood class from Axbridge C of E First School Academy when they visited our Batts Combe quarry to see...

  • Press Release
  • 10 November 2022

Highlighting careers in quarrying

A small team from our Batts Combe quarry took part in the careers fair at Kings of Wessex Academy in Cheddar to highlight the opportunities that exist for...

  • Press Release
  • 25 October 2022

Stone donation provides foundations for wellbeing project

A stone donation from our Batts Combe quarry has provided the foundations for a new community garden being developed near Axbridge.

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  • Press Release
  • 27 July 2022

Tiny Forest project set to aid nature recovery near Tytherington quarry

A project to aid nature recovery and mitigate the loss of ash trees near our Tytherington limestone quarry has been selected as one of just six schemes in...

  • Press Release
  • 26 July 2022

Supporting Pride

We have given one of our ready-mixed concrete mixers and an aggregates tipper truck a colourful makeover to mark the 50th anniversary of Pride marches in...

  • Press Release
  • 11 July 2022

Crown shines at Batts Combe quarry to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

A giant crown is shining brightly at the top of our Batts Combe quarry in Cheddar to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. 

The...

  • Press Release
  • 1 June 2022