List of coal mines in the United Kingdom

This is a list of coal mines in the United Kingdom, sorted by those operating in the 2010s and those closed before this decade.

The last operating deep coal mine in the United Kingdom, Kellingley colliery in North Yorkshire, closed in December 2015.[1] Most continuing coal mines are collieries owned by freeminers, or are open pit mines of which there were 26 in 2014.[2]

2010s coal mines

List of coal mines closed in the 2010s or currently in operation.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
MineOwnerRegionProduction (tonnes)[a]Manpower[a]Status
Bradley Surface MineBanks GroupCounty Durham?<30 (2018)Closed, August 2020[3]
Daw MillUK CoalWest Midlands3.25 million T (2008)683 (2008) [4]Closed 7 March 2013[5]
Hatfield CollieryHatfield Colliery LtdYorkshire704,740 (2011)400 (2011)Closed July 2015[6]
Hill Top CollieryGrimebridge Colliery Company LtdLancashire?3 (2011)Closed, 2014 [7]
Kellingley CollieryUK Coal Operations LtdYorkshire2,276,434 (2011)695 (2011)Closed 18 December 2015
Maltby Main CollieryUK CoalYorkshire?<400Closed April 2013
Thoresby CollieryUK Coal Operations LtdNottinghamshire1,283,346 (2011)613 (2011)Closed July 2015
Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation SchemeMerthyr TydfilSouth Wales1,000,000 (at peak)?Operating- due to close 2022
Hartington?Derbyshire87,000?Operating (may close in 2020)[8]
Aberpergwm drift mine?Wales??Operating per welshcoalmines website
Danygraig 4 drift mine?Wales??Operating (or suspended due to COVID?) per welshcoalmines website
Ayle Colliery (Quarry Drift)Ayle Colliery Company LtdCumbria1,000?Mine listed by Coal Authority as of Feb 2020, and they offer to deliver from a mine in Alston; on their Facebook site they also mention 1,000 tonnes per year approximately
Hopewell CollieryRich Daniels[9] (Freeminer)Forest of Dean?~1 (2018)Operating[10]
Wallsend Colliery & Morse's LevelMike Howells[11] (Freeminer)Forest of Dean??Operating
Monument CollieryRay Ashly, Richard Daniels & Neil Young[12] (Freeminers)Forest of Dean250 (2011)3 (2011)?

a For the year given.

Historic mines

List of coal mines closed before the 2010s.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
MineRegionOpenedClosedPeak manpower[a]
Babbington CollieryNottinghamshire18411986
Dawdon Colliery[13]County Durham5 October 190725 July 19913,798 (1930)
Newbottle Colliery[14]Tyne and Wear177419561,199 (1921)
Silverwood CollieryYorkshire19001994?
Hucknall No.1 Colliery Nottinghamshire 1861 1943 ?
Hucknall No.2 Colliery Nottinghamshire 1865 1986 ?

Wwa With given year of peak.

See also

References
  1. "Thousands join march to mark closure of UK's last deep coal mine". The Guardian. 19 December 2015.
  2. "Surface Coal Mining Statistics". www.bgs.ac.uk. 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. "Bradley mine: Coal extracted for final time at County Durham site". 17 August 2020 – via www.bbc.com.
  4. "Colliery on track for record output shows King Coal is striving to regain crown". The Guardian. 8 December 2008.
  5. "HS2 could mean closure of Daw Mill". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. "Employee trust acquires Hatfield Colliery". Insider News Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014.
  7. Mr H's Hot Pot: End of an era at Hilltop Colliery, Lancashire's last coal mine. 2. October 2018.
  8. 22. August 2020.
  9. "Hopewell Colliery Museum". Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Tourism Association.
  10. "Hopewell Colliery Centre for Freemining". Hopewell Colliery Museum and Working Mine.
  11. "Freemining in the Forest of Dean 2018". Welsh Coal Mines Forum. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  12. "Monument Free Mine". Forest of Dean Local History Society.
  13. "Dawdon Colliery". Durham Mining Museum.
  14. "Newbottle Colliery". Durham Mining Museum.
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