Five Pits Trail
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Five Pits Trail
Image: © Peter Barr Taken: 11 Mar 2012
Spring is on the way; pussy willow buds starting to open. This is approaching the site of the former Williamthorpe Colliery. The area used to be fields and woodland until, in 1901, the land was leased to the Hardwick Colliery Company. Coal was mined here till 1970.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.196674
Longitude
-1.347629