Capernwray Dive Centre Explained

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

Capernwray has a range of depths to 80feet. 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 and . 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), 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

54.1363°N -2.7228°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: A dive in profits!. 2021-04-05. The Bolton News. en.
2. Web site: Latest attraction for Lancashire lake divers is 'plane' to see!. 2021-04-05. The Westmorland Gazette. en.
3. http://divernet.com/UK_Diving/uk_dive_sites/198361/underwater_playground_capernwray_lancs.html "Divernet review"
4. Web site: 2016-02-23. Underwater Photographer of the Year 2016: Breathtaking photos from under the sea. 2021-04-05. International Business Times UK. en.