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Frensham Drive takes a right angle turn here.

The footbridge passes over the Black Track, a former colliery branch line. The bridge connects Selby Way with Chaucer Drive.

The Black Track was a railway built in 1876 to serve Stockingford and Ansley Hall collieries. It was abandoned in 1964 and is now a footpath. Note that murals - celebrating the local coal industry - have been painted at the foot of the bridge piers.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council has posted a long list of 'do's and don'ts' at this access point to the Black Track by the end of Selby Way. The Black Track is, in fact, a disused railway now converted to a footpath. The railway provided access to Stockingford and Ansley Hall collieries; this stretch was abandoned in November 1964 when the former closed. Presumably the Black Track name is a reference to the colour of coal - it seems likely that spilt coal dust would at one time have given the line a black appearance.

The Black Track was a railway built in 1876 to serve Stockingford and Ansley Hall collieries. It was abandoned in 1964 and is now a footpath.

The Black Track was a railway built in 1876 to serve Stockingford and Ansley Hall collieries. It was abandoned in 1964 and is now a footpath. Under the bridge by Selby Way are murals celebrating the local mining industry. Sadly on this side the effect has been somewhat spoiled by some mindless graffiti.

Stagecoach's no 41 bus between Nuneaton town centre and Birchley Heath diverts off Bucks Hill to pass through the housing estate; details are given on this timetable below the bus stop flag.

The Black Track was a railway built in 1876 to serve Stockingford and Ansley Hall collieries. It was abandoned in 1964 and is now a footpath. Under the bridge by Selby Way are murals celebrating the local mining industry.

The casual passer-by in Whittleford Road might wonder why a modern bungalow has what looks like a war memorial in its front garden. Stepping back, the perforated ridge tiles suggest that the building is older. A look at old maps shows it there in the 1914-22 edition, just inside the entrance to the Nuneaton Colliery, which was first mapped there in 1903, when the road was called Bucks Hill. The mine has long been closed. The website of the Nuneaton Local History Group http://www.nuneatonlocalhistorygroup.org.uk notes that the memorial was unveiled on 8th January 1922 by Brigadier General Sir John Barnsley VD DL TD [?] a director of Stanley Bros Ltd who owned the mine. The recess in the rough grey granite has clearly held an inscribed plaque or plate that is not there now: Image Update, December 2017: the plaque has been restored, as seen in Image

The casual passer-by in Whittleford Road might wonder why a modern bungalow has what looks like a war memorial in its front garden Image Stepping back, the perforated ridge tiles suggest that the building is older. A look at old maps shows it there in the 1914-22 edition, just inside the entrance to the Nuneaton Colliery, which was first mapped there in 1903, when the road was called Bucks Hill. The mine has long been closed. The website of the Nuneaton Local History Group http://www.nuneatonlocalhistorygroup.org.uk notes that the memorial was unveiled on 8th January 1922 by Brigadier General Sir John Barnsley VD DL TD [?] a director of Stanley Bros Ltd who owned the mine. The recess in the rough grey granite has clearly held an inscribed plaque or plate that is not there now. Update, December 2017: the plaque has been restored, as seen in Image The view is southeast down Whittleford Road towards Nuneaton's southwestern suburbs.