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Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire. Not many years ago, this view from the end of Platform 2 at Kiveton Bridge station would have been a very different scene. The line of trees on the right would not have existed and straight ahead we would have been looking directly at Kiveton Park Colliery, which would have then dominated this scene. Just beyond the still extant ground position light in the foreground would have been points leading to sidings in the pit yard, and from this vantage point we would have had a clear view of wagons being loaded with coal. The pit closed in 1994 and the whole area it occupied, including the pit tip, has since been transformed into the mini country park we know today as Kiveton Community Woodland. The sidings within the pit yard would have been lifted soon after the pit's closure, although the points on the main running line remained for some time afterwards. However, they too have now gone, and yet the redundant ground shunting signal remains to this day and, as can be seen from this picture, is still illuminated.

This is a view of the pithead baths built 1938 & appears to be all that remains of the former colliery which first raised coal in December 1867 and ceased production in 1994.

Another shot of the pithead baths.

A view of the boarded up & razor wired brick tower of the former pithead baths.

Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire Built in 1869 , the Old Colliery Offices were built to provide offices for the new Kiveton Park Colliery, but also served for a time as a school – the first in the village – before being taken over by the mining company. In return, the company agreed to build a new school on Station Road, which still stands today but is now the Community Youth Centre. Taking on an almost sinister appearance at dusk, the Old Colliery Offices have a unique architectural style complete with Gothic clock tower, the clock itself still in possession of its original workings and still keeping correct time. Kiveton Park Colliery closed in 1994 and the offices are all that remain of the pit, having been granted Grade II Listed status in October 1986.

Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire Built in 1869 , the Old Colliery Offices were built to provide offices for the new Kiveton Park Colliery, but also served for a time as a school – the first in the village – before being taken over by the mining company. In return, the company agreed to build a new school on Station Road, which still stands today but is now the Community Youth Centre. Taking on an almost sinister appearance at dusk, the Old Colliery Offices have a unique architectural style complete with Gothic clock tower, the clock itself still in possession of its original workings and still keeping correct time. Kiveton Park Colliery closed in 1994 and the offices are now all that remain of the pit, having been granted Grade II Listed status in October 1986.

Now used for general offices.

The colliery closed in 1994 and the main shaft buildings were demolished a year later. However, the mine's pithead baths were deemed to be of historical value and had a listed building order placed on them. But they never opened to public view and due to vandalism they were eventually demolished in 2013. The whole site has been landscaped and fishing ponds were added. The Norwood canal tunnel of the Chesterfield Canal passes close beneath and it has been proposed to untop the tunnel here and substitute a flight of locks in its place. But, as yet, nothing has materialised due to local problems and the inevitable cash shortage. In the photograph can be seen the huge electric winding apparatus.