Westfield
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Westfield
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 11 Apr 2013
The former open cast coal mine at Westfield led to the creation of a big hole, over 200m deep. One seam was 10m thick. Here there are some old abandoned roads and building bases and no excavations. Further east the hole left by the mine is flooded.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.175112
Longitude
-3.28933