Huskar Pit
Huskar Pit was a coal mine on the South Yorkshire Coalfield, sunk to work the Silkstone seam. It was located in Nabs Wood, outside the village of Silkstone Common, in the then West Riding of Yorkshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Huskar Colliery” and “Huskar Pit Disaster Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Silkstone Common railway station and Bagger Wood.
Silkstone Common railway station
Railway station
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The present Silkstone Common railway station, which opened by British Rail on 14 May 1983 serves the village of Silkstone Common, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Silkstone Common railway station is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Huskar Pit.
Bagger Wood
Forest
Bagger Wood is a 67.56 acres woodland in the English county of South Yorkshire, near to the village of Hood Green, about 4 miles south-west of Barnsley.
Church of All Saints, Silkstone
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of All Saints is the parish church in the village of Silkstone in South Yorkshire, England. It is a Church of England church in the Diocese of Leeds. The building is Grade I listed and dates back to at least the 12th century. Church of All Saints, Silkstone is situated 1¼ miles north of Huskar Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silkstone Common and Hood Green.
Silkstone Common
Village
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Silkstone Common is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is to the south of Silkstone.
Hood Green
Village
Photo: Wendy North, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hood Green is a small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is near the villages of Stainborough, Thurgoland and Silkstone Common and is within the Penistone and Stocksbridge parliamentary constituency.
Silkstone
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Silkstone is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, around 4 miles west of Barnsley.
Huskar Pit
- Categories: coal mine and historic site
- Location: Silkstone, Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.53135° or 53° 31′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.55487° or 1° 33′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C5WGCJW+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2028749991OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q18350412
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