Location | |
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Location | Nottinghamshire |
County council | Nottinghamshire |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 53°15′29″N 0°57′40″W / 53.258°N 0.961°W |
Production | |
Products | Coal |
History | |
Opened | 1965 |
Closed | 1993 |
Owner | |
Company | British Coal |
Bevercotes Colliery was the first fully automated mine. It went into production in July 1965.[1] Located in Bevercotes to the north of Ollerton, the colliery was, alongside Cotgrave Colliery, one of two new collieries opened in the county of Nottinghamshire in the 1960s.[2] The colliery was closed in 1993 and turned into a nature reserve.[3]
The mine was served by a single track, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) branch railway opened in June 1960.[4]