A very warm welcome to Harpur Hill Primary School. Please complete the e-consent form. [8], Around 750 local people, concerned about the health risks, signed a petition to have the quarry drained and closed off. The school motto,  'learning for life' embodies our vision for our whole school community and we aim to create a learning community where children: We have good relationships with our families and wider community, working in partnership to ensure that. RAF Harpur Hill was originally an ammunitions dump, it opened in 1938 and closed in 1960. One of them was hospitalised with life-changing injuries. However the water was deemed too toxic to drain, as it would risk contaminating local water supplies. Afterwards a number of captured German chemical munitions were disposed of at the site by burning, which was only partially successful. Posted on Mar 13, 2018 Aug 23, 2018 by ulfschmidt2018. Its water has a very high pH, that is, it is very alkaline, owing to the presence of caustic chemicals that are leaching from the waste left from the lime burning. [5] In March 2020 the lake was dyed again following reports of people gathering there despite social distancing instructions issued by the British government to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The RAF depot closed in 1960 an… A small part of the abandoned quarry has flooded to become a quarry lake. One of the hauliers was Lomas Distribution which was bought out by Christian Salvesen and was a major employer in the area; it later sold the site to French transport company Norbert Dentressangle. On completion, Harpur Hill Business Park has the potential to generate new jobs and boost the local economy. We hope our school website is useful to you and that you enjoy finding out more about our wonderful school. Limestone was extracted there from 1835 to 1952 for lime burning at lime kilns to produce quicklime. [2][3], The Health and Safety Executive Laboratory is not far from Harpur Hill. Harpur Hill Business Park, is situated in Buxton, Derbyshire, surrounded by the beautiful landscape of the Peak District. our children enjoy coming to school and engage well with their learning. It has a primary school, a park, a pub, a working men's club and a Methodist church. The police also coned off potential parking spaces in Harpur Hill. Harpur Hill Quarry is a disused limestone quarry on Harpur Hill, Derbyshire, England. Follow the latest news for Harpur Hill in Derbyshire, England, UK - Local news and information in your area. [5] It has attracted visitors from across the country. During the day the children will be presenting their work and sharing events relating to the end of the WW2. [2], The site was taken over by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1938 for use as a depot for the storage of chemical weapons. Afterwards a number of captured German chemical munitions were disposed of at the site by burning, which was only partially successful. [6][5] The dye wore off by 2015 and the water returned to a blue coloration. [10] With people continuing to visit the site local farmers attempted to deter them by spreading pig and cow slurry across the surrounding land on 19 June 2020. we aim to create a learning community where children: We have good relationships with our families and wider, community, working in partnership to ensure that, Active Photographic Ltd to take individual photos, © 2020 Harpur Hill Primary School & Nursery, 'Betty' help and advice with monthly periods for year 6 girls, Flu immunisation from Derbyshire Community Health Service. RAF Harpur Hill was once the biggest ammo dump in the country, over 500 acres with underground stores and even rail tunnels, its twin is the Llanberis bomb store. [5], In order to deter swimmers the water was dyed black in 2013 by High Peak Borough Council, who acted after being unable to get in touch with the site's owner. The quarry was used by the Royal Air Force as a chemical weapons storage depot during the Second World War, the largest such depot in the United Kingdom. The Hoffmann lime kiln was demolished in 1980 to create space for an industrial estate. Harpur Hill.

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