Reclaimed Coal Spoil Heap, Hanley
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Reclaimed Coal Spoil Heap, Hanley
Image: © Steven Birks Taken: 16 Sep 1999
View of the 'Central Forest Park' from Chell Street Created on the 80 acre site of Hanley Deep Pit Colliery. The project won first prize in a national awards scheme sponsored by the Times Newspaper and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Over 40,000 trees were planted and the spoil mounds have been reshaped, grassed over and a lake created. See another view of Central Forest Park: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/83578
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Image Location
Latitude
53.03545
Longitude
-2.174437