Union Colliery Disaster

Union Colliery Disaster is a memorial in West Dean, Forest of Dean, England. Union Colliery Disaster is situated nearby to Nagshead Heath, as well as near Forest Penant Stone Quarry.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darkhill Ironworks and Perrygrove Railway.

Darkhill Ironworks

Darkhill Ironworks, and the neighbouring Titanic Steelworks, are internationally important industrial remains associated with the development of the iron and steel industries in the 19th century. Darkhill Ironworks is situated 1 mile southwest of Union Colliery Disaster.

Perrygrove Railway

Perrygrove Railway is a minimum-gauge railway of 15 in gauge. It is located at Perrygrove Farm in the Forest of Dean, near Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. Perrygrove Railway is situated 1½ miles west of Union Colliery Disaster.

Oakiron railway station

Railway station

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY 4.0.

Oakiron railway station is the terminus of the 15 in gauge Perrygrove Railway. The line was opened in 1996 and is now open as a heritage railway, passenger trains run round the train via the loop to couple on with the train back down to Perrygrove Station. Oakiron railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Union Colliery Disaster.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalway and Gorsty Knoll.

Coalway

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coalway is a village in the West Forest of Dean region of Gloucestershire, England, approximately one mile south-east of the town of Coleford. Within the civil parish of Coleford, the village is just south of the village of Broadwell.

Gorsty Knoll

Hamlet

Photo: Obscurasky, CC0.

Gorsty Knoll is a small hamlet, located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The internationally important remains of Darkhill Ironworks and the Titanic Steelworks, are located on the edge of the hamlet.

Broadwell

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broadwell is a village about 1 mile east of Coleford, Gloucestershire, England. It is at the western edge of the Forest of Dean, in the civil parish of Coleford, which is also its post town. The village of Mile End is to the north and Coalway is to the south.

Union Colliery Disaster

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: West Dean, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.78739° or 51° 47′ 15″ north

Longitude

-2.57725° or 2° 34′ 38″ west

Open location code

9C3VQCPF+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3700967265

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Nagshead Heath and Forest Penant Stone Quarry.

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