Located atop Greenhow Hill near Pately Bridge in Nidderdale, Coldstones Cut is the largest and highest public art installation in Yorkshire. The monumental scale of this construction needs to be seen to be believed. 

This impressive sculpture was created by the artist Andrew Sabin to celebrate the spectacular views and industrial heritage of the Yorkshire Dales landscape, and it is truly awe-inspiring. At 1,375 feet above sea level, the views from inside the installation are stunning.

Visitors can walk into the huge stone structure, along the “streets” between giant stone walls, and up the spiral paths into viewing platforms designed to fully exploit the extraordinary vistas.

On the one hand, the whole of Nidderdale is laid out before you, designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. The mysterious golf ball domes of RAF Menwith Hill in the distance add an otherworldly quality. The landscape is juxtaposed with the industrial splendor of Coldstones Quarry, which is still in use and among the highest quarries in England in elevation. 

Despite its enormous size, this quarry hole and limestone mining operation are actually completely hidden from sight, even within the walls of the structure, and only hints of it are visible from the road. It is only once you emerge into the viewing platforms that its true scale is fully revealed.