Walking through the facilities at Burlington Slate Ltd.’s headquarters in Kirkby-in-Furness, Cumbria, England — where its processing plants and largest quarry are located — workers in the location’s various sectors have clearly been instilled with similar values of providing a high-end product with consideration for the environment as well as employee health and safety. With this dynamic in place, the company is honoring its rich history in stoneworking, while also maintaining a keen eye on the future.
Burlington’s operation in the U.K. includes several stoneworking facilities at the Kirkby-in-Furness location, including plants for architectural products, tiles and roofing slate. The company operates a total of six different quarries in the Lake District, all of which are located within 15 miles of one another: Kirkby, Brandy Crag, Broughton Moor, Bursting Stone and Elterwater for slate, along with Baycliff, which yields two varieties of limestone.