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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darkhill Ironworks and Puzzlewood.
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.Puzzlewood
Forest
Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site and tourist attraction, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open-cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier. Puzzlewood is situated 2 miles 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.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
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″ northLongitude
-2.57725° or 2° 34′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C3VQCPF+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 3700967265OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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Highlights include Nagshead Heath and Forest Penant Stone Quarry.
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