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The Racecourse Colliery

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  • Type: Industry
  • Description: exhibit at the Black Country Living Museum
  • Also known as: “Racecourse Colliery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Black Country Living Museum and Cradley Heath Workers’ Institute.

Theme park
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The is an open-air museum of rebuilt historic buildings in , , England. It is located in the centre of the , 10 miles west of . is situated 480 feet north of The Racecourse Colliery.

Community center
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cradley Heath Workers' Institute was built between 1911 and 1912 in Lomey Town, , West Midlands, England. It was built as a social centre for the people of Cradley Heath and surrounding areas within the Black Country, intended to become a venue for educational meetings and lectures. is situated 840 feet north of The Racecourse Colliery.

Amusement ride
Photo: Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a canal tunnel on the Dudley Canal Line No 1, . At about 3,172 yards long, it is now the second longest canal tunnel on the UK canal network today. is situated 1,200 feet north of The Racecourse Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Priory Estate and Tipton.

Quarter
The is a housing estate in , , , which has largely been developed since 1929.

Town
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Sandwell is a metropolitan borough that spans a densely populated part of the West Midlands, including Bearwood, Blackheath, Cradley Heath, Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, , Tividale, Wednesbury, .

Village
, or Kate's Hill, is a residential area in , , .

The Racecourse Colliery

Latitude
52.52019° or 52° 31′ 13″ north
Longitude
-2.077° or 2° 4′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C4VGWCF+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1258378733
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q7759184
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “The Racecourse Colliery”. Photo: Phil Sangwell, CC BY 2.0.