Bilsthorpe Colliery
Bilsthorpe Colliery was a colliery in north Nottinghamshire. From when work started in 1925 to the pits closure in 1997, 77 people died at the pit.- Type: Brownfield land
- Description: coal mine in the UK
- Also known as: “Former Bilsthorpe Colliery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Margaret and Rufford Abbey.
Church of St Margaret
Church
Photo: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Margaret is situated 1 mile south of Bilsthorpe Colliery.
Rufford Abbey
Photo: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rufford Abbey is a country estate in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England, two miles south of Ollerton. Originally a Cistercian abbey, it was converted to a country house in the 16th century after Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Rufford Abbey is situated 2 miles north of Bilsthorpe Colliery.
St Andrew’s Church, Eakring
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew's Church, Eakring is a Grade II* listed Church of England parish church at Eakring, near Southwell. It belongs to the Deanery of Newark and Southwell in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. St Andrew’s Church, Eakring is situated 1¼ miles east of Bilsthorpe Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bilsthorpe and Eakring.
Bilsthorpe
Village
Bilsthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 3,076, increasing to 3,375 at the 2011 census, and dropping slightly to 3,365 at the 2021 census.
Eakring
Village
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eakring is a village and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, England. Its population at the 2011 census was 419, and this increased to 440 residents for the 2021 census.
Rufford
Hamlet
Rufford, in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire, is the site of two villages whose inhabitants were evicted in the 12th century. Cistercian monasteries were established and the monks wished to ensure their isolation. Rufford is situated 2 miles north of Bilsthorpe Colliery.
Bilsthorpe Colliery
- Categories: coal mine and industry
- Location: Bilsthorpe, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.14734° or 53° 8′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.02349° or 1° 1′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C5W4XWG+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 30624817OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=brownfieldWikidata ID
Q24993699
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