Minera Limeworks

The works closed in 1972 and the Wrexham and Minera Branch railway lines were pulled up at around the same time.

For many years since closure, the quarry served as storage for road building materials, and a tipple for them was built, but was soon abandoned.

Tarmac (a supplier of materials to the building trade) who had taken interest in the site took several core samples and found the quarry to still be a viable source of lime.

Lafarge Aggregates owned the site until recently, following their take over of Redland plc and erected large amounts of fencing around most of the site as well as signage advising to stick to signed footpaths, restricting movement around the quarry for health and safety purposes.

[5] The site was officially opened on 2 June 2018 by Mike Dilger as their 36th Wildlife Reserve in North Wales.