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 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

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