Harworth Colliery

Harworth Colliery
Harworth Colliery in December 2009
Location
Harworth Colliery is located in Nottinghamshire
Harworth Colliery
Harworth Colliery
Location in Nottinghamshire
LocationHarworth, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire
County councilNottinghamshire
CountryEngland
Coordinates53°24′54″N 1°03′40″W / 53.415°N 1.061°W / 53.415; -1.061
Production
ProductsCoal
History
Opened1913
Closed2006
Owner
CompanyUK Coal (former owner), Harworth Group (current owner)

Harworth Colliery was a colliery near the town of Harworth Bircotes in Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, England.

It was abandoned in 2006 due to troubles at the seam. UK Coal, who owned and maintained the mine, were waiting for a contract to make it worth investing money to open up a new seam. Bassetlaw has at the moment no working pits; the nearest was Maltby Main Colliery in South Yorkshire which closed in 2013.

The mothballing of the pit in 2006[1] brought an end to 86 years of mining in Bassetlaw.

The area has since been redeveloped by Harworth Group for retail, industrial and residential.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Worksop Guardian
  2. ^ "Simpson Park, Harworth | Harworth Group plc". Harworth. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. ^ Barlow, Jamie (2 November 2017). "1,200 homes are planned to be built at the site of a former colliery". NottinghamshireLive. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Harworth Colliery: Plans submitted for 1,300 homes and new primary school". www.worksopguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2022.