Tunstead
Welcome to Tunstead
Welcome to the microsite for our Tunstead site. Tunstead is a significant and historically important operation within Tarmac and includes quarrying, lime, building products and cement operations.
Tarmac volunteers dig deep to reinstate ancient Peak District pathway
September 18, 2023
Volunteers from Tarmac braved the recent September heatwave to help restore a treasured pathway in the Peak District.
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‘Have a seat!’ says local school thanks to Tarmac donation
September 12, 2023
With a donation of £942 from Tarmac, Buxton Community School, in Derbyshire, has been able to encourage ‘more bums on seats’, not inside, but outside...
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Tarmac first in UK to trial carbon-reducing biomethane fuel in HGVs for construction materials
August 7, 2023
In a UK first for the construction materials sector, Tarmac, a CRH company, has trialled the use of biomethane fuel in a heavy goods vehicle...
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Tarmac’s finance team take away the sums for the day, to multiply their volunteering efforts in the Peak District
August 4, 2023
Volunteers from the Midlands finance team at Tarmac visited the Peak District on a team building day to restore a collapsed wall with help from...
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Villagers celebrate opening of new pavilion thanks to Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund grant
July 27, 2023
Residents of Furness Vale in the Peak District are celebrating the grand opening of a new community pavilion. Furness Community Organising Green Spaces (COGS) was...
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Funding from Tarmac offers fun for Buxton kids come rain or shine
July 18, 2023
A new canopy providing protection from the elements all year round has been built at Fairfield Endowed CofE Junior School in Buxton thanks to a...
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Tarmac looks back on a year of progress with 2022 sustainability report
July 11, 2023
Building materials and construction solutions provider Tarmac has published its annual sustainability report for 2022. The report records the progress made against the ambitions set...
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Tarmac to provide free sustainable period products to UK employees
June 9, 2023
Tarmac, the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has set up a new partnership that will provide organic, plastic-free period care products...
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Tarmac’s Tunstead team mark World Environment Day
June 8, 2023
Employees from Tarmac’s Tunstead Cement Plant, in Buxton, came together for a day of activities to mark World Environment Day.
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Tarmac supports the Buxton Half Marathon
June 6, 2023
Runners in Buxton, Derbyshire, recently laced up their running shoes to take part in the Buxton Half Marathon, which was supported by Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry.
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