IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
St. Georges Hill, COALVILLE, LE67 8QW
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to St. Georges Hill, LE67 8QW by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (27 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
Flooded trackbed of the former Coleorton Railway
The Coleorton railway has been disused since 1872, giving plenty time for the drainage to fail.
Image: © Ian Calderwood
Taken: 9 Apr 2015
0.11 miles
2
Coleorton No. 2 Colliery
Remains of a possible fan house with two egg-ended boilers. The site is being excavated.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.11 miles
3
Leicester to Swannington Railway
Part of the line near 'the sidings'.The incline is sited behind me.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.12 miles
4
Coleorton No. 2 Colliery
Site of a Newcomen atmospheric engine used to drain the mines of water, later moved to another site. However the boiler, a haystack was left and uncovered in 1969.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.12 miles
5
Coleorton No. 2 Colliery
Site of Newcomen engine for pumping the mines of water. The very early haystack boiler has recently been put back after a long period at Snibston.
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Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.12 miles
6
Coleorton No. 2 Colliery
Planted woodland on the site of the Victorian colliery built to mine deeper seams.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.12 miles
7
Coleorton No. 2 Colliery
Remains of a possible fan house with two egg-ended boilers. The site is being excavated.
http://www.swannington-heritage.co.uk/swannington_califat_spinney.html#haystack
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.12 miles
8
Coleorton No. 2 Colliery
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Site of a Newcomen atmospheric engine used to drain the mines of water, later moved to another site. However the boiler, a haystack was left and uncovered in 1969.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.14 miles
9
Future Forest
Planted forest, hopefully will be a little larger in a few years time.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.14 miles
10
Leicester to Swannington Railway
The Leicester and Swannington Railway (L&S) was one of England's first railways, being opened on 17 July 1832 to bring coal from collieries in west Leicestershire to Leicester.
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 21 May 2012
0.15 miles