Front Street, Ellington
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Front Street, Ellington by Russel Wills as part of the Geograph project.
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Front Street, Ellington
Image: © Russel Wills Taken: 16 Aug 2014
Ellington village was the site of the last remaining operational deep coal mine in North East England. Ellington Colliery closed on 26 January 2005. It was the last deep mine in the UK to extract coal from right under the sea.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.221564
Longitude
-1.570999