Elterwater Quarry, in the Langdale Valley, has been a site of mining since the mid-19th Century A petition against plans for an adventure tourism experience at a Lake District quarry has now ...

Unesco is calling on the government to halt plans for a zip wire attraction in Elterwater Quarry. A charity says it is "unrealistic" for many visitors to reach a proposed attraction by bike or bus.

There are plans to build a £1million tourist centre in Elterwater near Ambleside to celebrate the life of the contemporary artist Kurt Schwitters. But many locals don't want the investment in ...

Proposals for the Elterwater Quarry Experience were refused in September after nearly 90,000 objections, and a revised plan was submitted in February. Now the Unesco world heritage committee wants ...

Burlington Stone and operators Zip World formally submitted plans to the Lake District National Park Authority last year for the Elterwater Quarry Experience. The project aims to allow ...

Campaigners say the plans proposed for the Elterwater Quarry site by owners Holker Estates amount to a “theme park" that has no place in Langdale. Holker Estates has been working alongside Zip ...

Proposals for the Elterwater Quarry site were initially rejected after they were submitted back in September, with close to 90,000 objections. That forced the company to submit a revised plan in ...

Friends of the Lake District said the planned zip wire at Elterwater Quarry would "take ... Zip World has produced a travel plan to promote public transport and cycling to reach the site.