Hingston Down is a granite quarry situated within the Tamar Valley in Gunnislake, Cornwall, which produces abrasive and hard micro granite and contributes more than £2 million a year to the local economy. A team of 17 people are employed at the site, which includes the quarry, asphalt plant and concrete plant, while a further 60+ maintenance engineers and HGV drivers depend on it for their livelihood.
Hingston Down supplies high quality construction materials to the Devon and Cornwall markets for use in large construction projects, housing development sites and road surfacing works as well as for local DIY projects. The site also produces specialist materials such as rock armour and gabion stone which is used for river embankments and sea defence systems across the Devon and Cornwall regions.
