Capernwray Dive Centre

Capernwray Dive Centre is a large flooded former quarry, presently operated as an inland scuba diving site and training centre, near the village of Over Kellet, Lancashire, England.

History

Formerly a 22-acre limestone quarry, after the end of its commercial use it flooded and was later converted into a dive centre.^[1]

Diving centre

Diving platform

Capernwray has a range of depths to 80 feet (24 m).^[1] There is a small dive shop, with a filling station providing air and nitrox as well as a licensed restaurant. There are two sets of training platforms with levels at 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 6 metres (20 ft).^{[citation needed]} As of 2010, the centre received around 30,000 visitors per year.^[2]

As well as being stocked with fish including trout, perch and at least two sturgeon, the underwater attractions include:

• Numerous boats, including the former minesweeper HMS Podsnap^[3][4]
• A medium range, twin turboprop airliner (a Hawker Siddeley HS 748),^[2] a Cessna 150 light aeroplane and two helicopters
• A vidor diving bell
• ISO shipping container
• Two plastic horses
• A small yellow submarine in the style of Thunderbird 4
• A devil statue
• Two plastic pigs
• Various garden gnomes

References

1. "A dive in profits!". The Bolton News. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
2. "Latest attraction for Lancashire lake divers is 'plane' to see!". The Westmorland Gazette. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
3. "Divernet review" Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Underwater Photographer of the Year 2016: Breathtaking photos from under the sea". International Business Times UK. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

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