National Coal Mining Museum for England
National Coal Mining Museum for England is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery in Overton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1988 as the Yorkshire Mining Museum and was granted national status in 1995.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 9:45 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: coal mining museum in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Yorkshire Mining Museum”
- Address: New Road, Wakefield, WF4 4RH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Luke and Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill.
St Luke
Church
Photo: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Luke is a church, which is situated 2,600 feet northeast of National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill
Church
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Thornhill is situated 1½ miles north of National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Thornhill Community Academy
School
Thornhill Community Academy is an 11–16 coeducational secondary school with academy status situated just outside Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, on the western side of Kirklees and near the M1 and the M62 motorways. Thornhill Community Academy is situated 1¼ miles north of National Coal Mining Museum for England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Overton and Flockton Green.
Overton
Village
Photo: J3Mrs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Overton is a village between Wakefield and Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. The village is situated approximately 5.5 miles south-west of Wakefield, 4 miles south of Ossett, 1 mile west of Netherton and 4 miles south-west of Horbury.
Flockton Green
Hamlet
Flockton is a village in the civil parish of Kirkburton, in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It is halfway between Huddersfield and Wakefield. In 2020, the population of Flockton and Flockton Green was estimated to be 2,107.
Middlestown
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middlestown is a small village in the Wakefield District in West Yorkshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Sitlington and located halfway between the city of Wakefield and the town of Huddersfield, and is 3 miles south east of Dewsbury.
National Coal Mining Museum for England
- Categories: heritage center, mining museum, independent museum, and tourism
- Location: Sitlington, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.64404° or 53° 38′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.61879° or 1° 37′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C5WJ9VJ+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 249355163OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q12062380
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“National Coal Mining Museum for England” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “National Coal Mining Museum”
- Cebuano: “National. Coalmining Museum”
- Dutch: “National Coal Mining Museum for England”
- Japanese: “イングランド国立炭鉱博物館”
- Swedish: “National Coal Mining Museum”
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