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- Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving.
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Early Days; The Handless Corpse. Special Report; Mr Big; Filming; TV New Zealand; 25th Aniversary; Redevelopment
- Opening Times
Our closing times are known to be flexible, please note that...
- Facilities
Just a few of the facilities at The Delph The Delph Cafe...
- Attractions
48ft Cruiser - Sitting at 15 metres. Transit Van, Sitting at...
- Underwater
Underwater Gallery. A few photographs of the type of things...
- Wildlife
Wildlife Gallery. A few images of the wildlife found in and...
- Video
Eccleston Delph Videos. Just a few of the Youtube videos...
- Opening Times
- Nature Fights Back
- 1990's and 80's
- The Handless Corpse
After Freda Marsh left the quarry the pumps clearing the water were turned off and the natural spring began to fill the quarry, becoming what was considered a natural beauty spot.
Neil Smitham, Chairman of the Trafford Sub-Aqua Club has kindly given us permission to share these pictures. Taken in the early 90's, a group from the club on the beach. Taken 8/4/95 in the early evening. They dived for 43 mins in a three to a depth of 9.5 meters and vis was a max of 3ft!!
October 15, 1979 Eccleston Delph, a flooded quarry in the heart of Lancashire, was never meant to reveal it's gruesome secret. But the body of Martin Johnstone never hit the bottom. The naked, mutilated corpse was found by amateur scuba divers.Read all about it here
Eccleston Quarry is a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. It is also called Eccleston Delph and Eccy Delph (pronounced "ekky"). It is an old stone quarry that flooded. It is a popular site for scuba diving.
Features. The Delph has numerous underwater attractions, such as specific training areas for practising skills, boat, aeroplane, and armoured vehicle sunken wrecks to train on. As well this there are plenty of fish and marine life to see while you dive. Open water swimming.
May 15, 2020 · Eccy Delph is a quarry a mile south of Eccleston, Lancashire. Objects have been submerged for dive training such as speedboats, a Jet Provost, armoured personnel carriers, a light tank, containers, a concrete tube, and a gnome garden, and a playground.
Eccleston Delph has been known as the Eccy Delph, or Hurst House Delph for the last century, and was mined by 12 local Quarrymen producing stone for Blackpool Promenade and for thin slates to cover the local barns and roofs. A kidney shaped quarry laying on a west / east axis.
