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Pond on former spoil heap, former Sharlston Colliery
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE3920
A notice states Danger! Deep Water. Perhaps the levels vary.
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Former spoil heap, former Sharlston Colliery
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE3920
North of Sharlston High Street.
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Site of Calverton Colliery
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK6050
The trees conceal the site of Calverton colliery which has now virtually... (more)
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Miners' Memorial Garden, Herrington Country Park
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3453
Herrington Country Park was developed on the site of a former colliery. The... (more)
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Herrington Country Park, near Sunderland
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3353
Herrington Country Park has been created on the site of a former colliery. The... (more)
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High-voltage poles along the edge of former spoil heap
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE3920
North of Sharlston High Street. A distribution circuit of probably 33,000 Volt... (more)
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Site of Simon Wood Colliery, alongside the canal
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SE3800
The shaft was sunk in 1853, no doubt encouraged by the excellent freight links... (more)
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Entrance to Herrington Country Park
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3453
Herrington Country Park has been developed on the site of Herrington Colliery,... (more)
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Sun, Herrington Country Park
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3453
Herrington Country Park has been developed on the site of a colliery. The... (more)
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Old pit wheel, Herrington Country Park
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3453
Herrington Country Park has been developed on the site of a colliery. The... (more)
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Houses, Herrington Country Park
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3453
Houses at the edge of Herrington Country Park. The park has been developed on... (more)
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Houses at Herrington Country Park
by Malc McDonald
geograph for square NZ3453
Houses at the edge of Herrington Country Park. The park has been developed on... (more)
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Rickety stile and gate at Blue Fly Field
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK4242
A few lumps and bumps are all that remains of a colliery in this field. The name... (more)
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Former colliery site
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK4144
On the 1836 Ordnance Survey First Series map, this blob of woodland is marked as... (more)
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Former sidings on the site of Trowell Moor Colliery
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK4939
Trowell Moor Colliery was active from 1881 until 1926.
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The Old Furnace
by HelenK
geograph for square ST6871
There was a colliery in the nineteenth century down this peaceful lane and some... (more)
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Former Lightmoor Colliery Engine House
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO6412
The derelict engine house of the former Lightmoor Colliery viewed from the... (more)
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Former Lightmoor Colliery Engine House
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO6412
The derelict engine house of the former Lightmoor Colliery viewed from the... (more)
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Site of Foxes Bridge Colliery
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO6313
Former railway track and now a cycleway passing through the site of Foxes Bridge Colliery.
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Site of Foxes Bridge Colliery
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO6313
The site of Foxes Bridge Colliery viewed from a former railway track and now cycleway.
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Site of Foxes Bridge Colliery
by Philip Halling
geograph for square SO6313
Former railway track and now a cycleway passing through the site of Foxes Bridge... (more)
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Housing to the east of the site of Newdigate Colliery
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3386
A view across what would have been fields to the east of Newdigate Colliery,... (more)
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Site of Newdigate Colliery, looking towards Arbury Lane and modern housing beyond
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3386
Newdigate Colliery closed in 1982 and almost all traces of it have been removed.... (more)
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Site of Newdigate Colliery, Market End, Bedworth
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3386
Newdigate Colliery stood on this site and mined coal from 1901 to 1982. It took... (more)
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Site of Newdigate Colliery, Bedworth, seen from the north
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3387
Newdigate Colliery produced coal from 1901 to 1982. It was built on land... (more)
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Site of Newdigate Colliery, Astley Lane, Bedworth
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3387
This was the terminus of the mineral line which took coal from the colliery to... (more)
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Inscription 3, Great War Memorial, Pooley Hall Colliery near Polesworth
by Jean Nicholson
for square SK2503
This is the inscription on the north side of the memorial:
WHO STANDS IF... (more)
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Inscription 2, Great War Memorial, Pooley Hall Colliery near Polesworth
by Peter Warrilow
for square SK2503
The south side of the memorial carries the names of the sixteen who fell. The... (more)
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Inscription 1, Great War Memorial, Pooley Hall Colliery near Polesworth
by Peter Warrilow
for square SK2503
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Great War Memorial, Pooley Hall Colliery near Polesworth
by Peter Warrilow
geograph for square SK2503
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The route of the Mineral Loop
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6313
In the 1840s, substantial development of coal extraction took place in the... (more)
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Foxes Bridge colliery tramway
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6313
A mountain biker climbs the steep gradient of the tramway which once linked... (more)
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Prestongrange Museum - steam engine
by Chris Allen
for square NT3773
A Browett, Lindley inverted vertical compound condensing engine from Granton Gas... (more)
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Washington F Pit - steam winding engine
by Chris Allen
for square NZ3057
Preserved and open a few days per year. Motor driven and surrounded by quite... (more)
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Newcomen engine house, Siston Common
by Chris Allen
geograph for square ST6674
A former coal mine site with an extant engine house that was probably built from... (more)
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Horse gin house
by Chris Allen
geograph for square ST6674
This is seen from the dramway that was an early horse-hauled railway with stone... (more)
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Thompson's Pit engine house, Cock Road
by Chris Allen
geograph for square ST6572
A remarkably intact engine house at 54 Cock Road, Kingswood. This is believed to... (more)
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Hanham Business Park
by Chris Allen
geograph for square ST6372
This was the site of Hanham Colliery that closed in 1926. On the left is the... (more)
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Bench above Big Hole at RSPB Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SE4527
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Coal Tips trail, RSPB Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve
by Phil Champion
geograph for square SE4326
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
Seen on a dull February afternoon. A huge Scheduled Ancient Monument with an... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
A view over the security fence that shows the relative dereliction beyond. This... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery 2017
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
This end of the site is an enterprise park with the historic pit head buildings... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
This shows one of the four headgears and the boiler house chimney. This was once... (more)
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Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
by Chris Allen
geograph for square SJ8853
This former colliery museum is now decaying and awaiting its fate. The four... (more)
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Silverdale: the National Coal Board lives!
by Jonathan Hutchins
for square SJ8146
Gates to the former NCB Silverdale Colliery.
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Windpump - Old Wood Colliery site
by Chris Allen
geograph for square ST6985
This pumps from a flooded drift mine to the nearby farm. Unfortunately the sun... (more)
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Old Wood Colliery, near Yate
by Chris Allen
geograph for square ST7085
A privately owned site that the South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group opens... (more)
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Picnic area in Coleorton Wood
by Ian Calderwood
geograph for square SK3916
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Brittain Pit - former steam winch
by Chris Allen
for square SK4151
This was obviously once a duplex steam winch but had been later converted to... (more)
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