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Navigation Inn, Fibbersley
The Bentley Canal is a fading memory closed in the 1950s: all that remains is the pub name. The canal opened in 1843 to service the local collieries and clay pits.
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
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Path west of Fibbersley Bridge, Little London
Along the alignment of the long closed Bentley Canal.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 20 Oct 2018
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Fibbersley (B4484)
Heading north.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 5 Oct 2013
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Fibbersley Local Nature Reserve
This was declared as a nature reserve in 1999. The site was formerly occupied by deep coal mines dating from the 19th century, clay pits, railways and the Bentley Canal. All of these have been abandoned and the much scarred site has reverted to nature leaving an important wetland habitat of pools, meadows and woodland.
This access point is on the line of the Bentley Canal, closed in the 1950s.
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
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Fibbersley, Little London
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 20 Oct 2018
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Service station on Fibbersley
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 5 Oct 2013
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Disused petrol station, Little London
Off Fibbersley at its junction with Noose Lane.
Image: © Richard Vince
Taken: 20 Oct 2018
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Pool - Fibbersley Local Nature Reserve
The wetland habitat is an important breeding ground for newts and amphibians. As with most urban sites there is the odd traffic cone or shopping trolley to be removed.
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
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Site of Dingle Bridge - Bentley Canal
The canal fell into disrepair in the 1960s and is now just a memory. The bridge provided access to clay pits and Fibbersley Colliery. The colliery was typical of the numerous small mining operations throughout the area working the relatively shallow coal seams with four underground and two surface workers in 1896.
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
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Pool - Fibbersley Local Nature Reserve
Possibly a former canal basin on the Bentley Canal, closed in the 1950s, now reverted to nature.
Image: © John M
Taken: 7 Jun 2008
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