Broompark Colliery
Broompark Colliery is a mine in Brandon and Byshottles, County Durham, England. Broompark Colliery is situated nearby to the forest Cooke’s East Wood, as well as near the bridge Langley Moor viaduct.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St John’s Neville’s Cross and Durham Miners’ Hall.
St John’s Neville’s Cross
Church
Photo: Gordon Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John’s Neville’s Cross is a church, which is situated 3,900 feet northeast of Broompark Colliery.
Durham Miners’ Hall
Community center
Photo: derek dye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Redhills is the Grade II listed headquarters building of the Durham Miners' Association in Durham, England. Officially called Miners' New Hall, it is known as Redhills from its location on Redhills Lane in the City of Durham. Durham Miners’ Hall is situated 1 mile northeast of Broompark Colliery.
Durham University Oriental Museum
Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in England. The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 Chinese, Egyptian, Korean, Indian, Japanese and other Far East and Asian artefacts. Durham University Oriental Museum is situated 1¼ miles east of Broompark Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broompark and Langley Moor.
Broompark
Village
Broompark is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated some 3 miles west of Durham city. It was once the site of the Broompark colliery, operated by North Brancepeth Coal company.
Langley Moor
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langley Moor is an old pit village in County Durham, England. It is located approximately 2 miles south-west of Durham City. Langley Moor is within the civil parish of Brandon and Byshottles which is itself within the City of Durham constituency, as of 2019 represented by Mary Foy MP.
Neville’s Cross
Suburb
Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in County Durham, England. It is also a ward of Durham with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940.
Broompark Colliery
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Brandon and Byshottles, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.76787° or 54° 46′ 4″ northLongitude
-1.61017° or 1° 36′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C6WQ99Q+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 8786797432OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cooke’s East Wood and Langley Moor viaduct.
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