List of coal mines in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of coal mines in the United Kingdom, sorted by those that were operating in the 2010s or after and those closed before this decade.

The last operating deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire, closed in December 2015.[1] Most continuing coal mines are collieries owned by freeminers, or are open pit mines of which there were 26 in 2014.[2]

Modern coal mines[]

List of coal mines closed in the 2010s, 2020s or currently in operation.

Mine Owner Region Production (tonnes)[a] Manpower[a] Status
Bradley Surface Mine Banks Group County Durham ? <30 (2018) Closed, August 2020[3]
Daw Mill UK Coal West Midlands 3.25 million T (2008) 683 (2008) [4] Closed 7 March 2013[5]
Hatfield Colliery Hatfield Colliery Ltd Yorkshire 704,740 (2011) 400 (2011) Closed July 2015[6]
Hill Top Colliery Grimebridge Colliery Company Ltd Lancashire ? 3 (2011) Closed, 2014 [7]
Kellingley Colliery UK Coal Operations Ltd Yorkshire 2,276,434 (2011) 695 (2011) Closed 18 December 2015
Maltby Main Colliery UK Coal Yorkshire ? <400 Closed April 2013
Thoresby Colliery UK Coal Operations Ltd Nottinghamshire 1,283,346 (2011) 613 (2011) Closed July 2015
Hartington ? Derbyshire 87,000 ? Closed September, 2020[8]
Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme Merthyr Tydfil South Wales 1,000,000 (at peak) ? Operating - due to close October 2022
Aberpergwm drift mine Energybuild Ltd Wales ? 160 (2021) Operating
Danygraig 4 drift mine ? Wales ? ? Closed March 2021
Ayle Colliery (Quarry Drift) Ayle Colliery Company Ltd Cumbria 1,000 ? Operating in Feb 2020
Hopewell Colliery Rich Daniels[9] (Freeminer) Forest of Dean ? ~1 (2018) Operating[10]
Wallsend Colliery & Morse's Level Mike Howells[11] (Freeminer) Forest of Dean ? ? Operating
Monument Colliery Ray Ashly, Richard Daniels & Neil Young[12] (Freeminers) Forest of Dean 250 (2011) 3 (2011) ?

a For the year given.

Historic mines[]

List of coal mines closed before the 2010s.

Mine Region Opened Closed Peak manpower[a]
Newbottle Colliery[13] Tyne and Wear 1774 1956 1,199 (1921)
Babbington Colliery Nottinghamshire 1841 1986
Hucknall No.1 Colliery Nottinghamshire 1861 1943
Hucknall No.2 Colliery Nottinghamshire 1865 1986
Silverwood Colliery Yorkshire 1900 1994
Dawdon Colliery[14] County Durham 5 October 1907 25 July 1991 3,798 (1930)
Snowdown Colliery[15] Kent 1907 1987

Wwa With given year of peak.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Thousands join march to mark closure of UK's last deep coal mine". The Guardian. 19 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Surface Coal Mining Statistics". www.bgs.ac.uk. 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Bradley mine: Coal extracted for final time at County Durham site". 17 August 2020 – via www.bbc.com.
  4. ^ "Colliery on track for record output shows King Coal is striving to regain crown". The Guardian. 8 December 2008.
  5. ^ "HS2 could mean closure of Daw Mill". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Employee trust acquires Hatfield Colliery". Insider News Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014.
  7. ^ Mr H's Hot Pot: End of an era at Hilltop Colliery, Lancashire's last coal mine. 2. October 2018.
  8. ^ [1] 9. January 2021.
  9. ^ "Hopewell Colliery Museum". Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism Association.
  10. ^ "Hopewell Colliery Centre for Freemining". Hopewell Colliery Museum and Working Mine.
  11. ^ "Freemining in the Forest of Dean 2018". Welsh Coal Mines Forum. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Monument Free Mine". Forest of Dean Local History Society.
  13. ^ "Newbottle Colliery". Durham Mining Museum.
  14. ^ "Dawdon Colliery". Durham Mining Museum.
  15. ^ "Snowdown Colliery". Dover Museum.

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