Cortonwood
Cortonwood was a colliery near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The colliery's proposed closure was a tipping point in the 1984–1985 miners' strike. The site is now a shopping and leisure centre.- Type: Mall
- Description: colliery in South Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Cortonwood Colliery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Christ Church.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1 mile northwest of Cortonwood.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is situated 1 mile east of Cortonwood.
Old Town Hall
Pub
Photo: John Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Old Town Hall is a former municipal building in the High Street, Wombwell, South Yorkshire, England. The structure, which since 2012 has been used as a public house, is a locally listed building. Old Town Hall is situated 1 mile north of Cortonwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Melton and Wombwell.
West Melton
Village
Photo: Richard Whitham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Melton is a former mining village in the Rotherham district, in South Yorkshire, England. It lies between Wath upon Dearne and Brampton Bierlow, roughly 5 miles north of Rotherham and 5 miles south-east of Barnsley.
Wombwell
Town
Photo: Martin Clark, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wombwell is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. In the 2011 census, data for the town was split between the ward of Wombwell and small sections that fell into the wards of Darfield and Stairfoot.
Cortonwood
- Category: coal mine
- Location: Brampton Bierlow, Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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