Beckside Works · Nidderdale
Forty miles from anywhere, and worth the drive
The yard is at the end of Hollowbeck Lane, past the ford. Satellite navigation will send you up the moor road; do not go up the moor road.
Tell us about the tower
Ask for a survey
You do not need to know what is wrong, how many bells you have, or what any of them weigh. Half of what people tell us on this form turns out to be what the last report said rather than what is up there, and that is fine — we come and look anyway.
Elspeth answers these herself, usually within two working days, and always before a pour day rather than after it.
- Telephone01423 74 1847
- Emailyard@hollowbeck.co.uk
- Emergencies07700 900 118
Getting here
Past the ford, and keep going
When the gate is open
Yard hours
- Monday to Thursday07:30 – 16:30
- Friday07:30 – 13:00
- SaturdayBy arrangement
- SundayClosed
- Pour dayFirst Thursday
On pour days nobody answers the telephone between ten and two, and there is no point in knocking on the office door because there is nobody in the office. If it is urgent on a pour day, come and stand at the pit and wait; we will see you.
The gate is a five-bar gate and it is genuinely closed, not decorative. Open it, drive in, close it behind you — there are sheep on the lane and they know exactly how long a gate stays open.
Parking is on the hardstanding by the pattern shed. Do not park on the grass between the sheds; that is the crane's turning circle and it is only obvious when the crane is here.
Four times a year, at most
The pour list
What is going in the pit next month and whether there is room at the edge of it. No offers, because we do not have any.
If it is making a noise it should not
Ring the yard, not the internet
A bell that has started to sound wrong, a headstock that has started to move, or a rope that has started to fray is not a next-quarter problem. Telephone and describe it; we will tell you in five minutes whether it can wait.