Old Wood Colliery
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Old Wood Colliery
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 10 Sep 2016
Former colliery that is occasionally opened by the South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group. This was a Heritage Open Day. Various explanatory panels can be seen affixed to the buildings. A door in the right hand range leads you to the top of an 1869 shaft that is still open in the building but covered over at the top of the heapstead.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.564511
Longitude
-2.434336