old coal pits
old coal pits is a mine in Hawes, Richmondshire District, England. old coal pits is situated nearby to the archaeological site old coal mining, as well as near old mining ?.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gayle Mill and Dodd Fell Hill.
Gayle Mill
Photo: Lobsan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gayle Mill, dating from about 1784, is thought to be the oldest structurally unaltered cotton mill in existence. It is located in the Wensleydale hamlet of Gayle, England, 1 mile south of the market town of Hawes. Gayle Mill is situated 1½ miles north of old coal pits.
Dodd Fell Hill
Peak
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dodd Fell Hill is a hill in the Yorkshire Dales, in North Yorkshire, England. It is classed as a Marilyn and its summit is at 668 metres. The flat summit, known as Dodd Fell Hill, is marked by a concrete trig-point. Dodd Fell Hill is situated 2 miles southwest of old coal pits.
Dales Countryside Museum
Museum
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Dales Countryside Museum is a local museum which also functions as a visitor centre for the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Northern England. Run by the National Park Authority, it tells the story of the people who have lived and worked in the Yorkshire Dales for over a 1,000 years. Dales Countryside Museum is situated 2 miles north of old coal pits.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gayle and Burtersett.
Gayle
Village
Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gayle is a hamlet 0.4-mile south of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England. It is noted for the beck that flows through it and the old mill, which featured on the BBC TV programme Restoration. Gayle is situated 1½ miles north of old coal pits.
Burtersett
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burtersett is a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately 1 mile east from Hawes and Gayle. The village is known for its former quarrying industry and being the seat of the Hillary family, with one strand of the family emigrating to New Zealand and raising Sir Edmund Hillary, the famous mountaineer. Burtersett is situated 2½ miles northeast of old coal pits.
Marsett
Hamlet
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Marsett is one of three settlements in around Semer Water in Raydale, a small side dale off Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, England. Marsett is only a hamlet and lies to the south-west of the lake, at a point where a smaller side dale, Bardale, joins Raydale. Marsett is situated 2½ miles east of old coal pits.
old coal pits
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Hawes, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.276° or 54° 16′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.20918° or 2° 12′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6V7QGR+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 410169644OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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