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.
Diving centre
Capernwray has a range of depths to . 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.
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"Divernet review" 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
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