Old colliery tip

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The photograph on this page of Old colliery tip by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.

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Old colliery tip

Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 31 Mar 2013

To the north of the sidings area is part of the old tip of the Yorkshire Main colliery, now covered in scrubby trees. The view from the summit takes in Lord's Head Lane, which runs in a cutting, and the site of the pithead which is now occupied by the Polypipe works.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.488836
Longitude
-1.176917