The Parish in Photos - China Clay
Lee Moor China Clay Pits
Large parts of the Parish are devoted to the extraction of china clay. Deep pits and mountainous spoil heaps, all in a uniform dazzling white, have lead to the area being likened to the mountains of the Moon.
This is quarrying on a grand scale, with vast jets of water washing the kaolin into settling lakes, and giant trucks removing the spoil.
