Capernwray Dive Centre

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 80 ft. 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 2 m and 6 m. 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
 * 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