Entrance to Gedling Colliery

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The photograph on this page of Entrance to Gedling Colliery by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.

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Entrance to Gedling Colliery

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 1 Feb 2009

The blank brick wall until recently carried lettering to indicate that this was the site of Gedling Colliery, with its dates of opening and closing, and I was shocked to find that these have been removed. The road now leads to the local waste recycling centre.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.983749
Longitude
-1.091664