Colliers Wood car park
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The photograph on this page of Colliers Wood car park by Trevor Rickard as part of the Geograph project.
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Colliers Wood car park
Image: © Trevor Rickard Taken: 10 Sep 2009
Small parking area on the northern boundary of the Colliers Wood site, which is now an attractive country park. The area has been mined for coal for at least 700 years. Within a couple of miles of here over 200 shafts have been sunk. Colliers Wood and the surrounding area was once Moorgreen Colliery, opened by Barber, Walker & Co in 1865. Coal production from the three shafts began in 1871. At its peak the colliery produced over a million tons of coal in 1963. From that point, production gradually decreased and the pit eventually closed in 1985 when the seams were exhausted. Following landscaping, the land was converted into an industrial estate and the country park.
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Image Location
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53.027764
Longitude
-1.284276