Prince of Wales Colliery
The Prince of Wales Colliery was a coal mine that operated for over 130 years in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was permanently closed in 2002 after geological problems were found to make accessing remaining coal reserves unprofitable, and most of the site was later converted for housing.Photo: derek dye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Construction
- Description: former colliery in West Yorkshire, England
- Also known as: “Prince of Wales Reclamation”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pontefract Castle and Pontefract Park.
Pontefract Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Pontefract Castle is a castle ruin in the town of Pontefract, in West Yorkshire, England. King Richard II is thought to have died there. It was the site of a series of sieges during the 17th-century English Civil War. Pontefract Castle is situated 1 mile southeast of Prince of Wales Colliery.
Pontefract Park
Park
Photo: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pontefract Park is situated 2,500 feet south of Prince of Wales Colliery.
Pontefract Tanshelf railway station
Railway station
Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is the most central station in the market town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire, England, and serves Pontefract Races, the racecourse located just down the street from the station. Pontefract Tanshelf railway station is situated 4,000 feet south of Prince of Wales Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pontefract and Glasshoughton.
Pontefract
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pontefract is a market town in West Yorkshire. It's one of the "Five Towns" east of the city of Wakefield, and a commuter town for Leeds. in 2021 its population was 40,000.
Glasshoughton
Suburb
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glasshoughton is a neighbourhood of Castleford in the Wakefield district of West Yorkshire, England. The area is next to Junction 32 of the M62 motorway and the Glasshoughton railway station, and borders Pontefract.
Airedale
Suburb
Airedale is a suburb in the town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. It consists mainly of Local Authority Housing. It borders with Ferry Fryston. The ward of the City of Wakefield called Airedale and Ferry Fryston had a population of 14,811 at the 2011 Census.
Prince of Wales Colliery
- Category: coal mine
- Location: Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.70481° or 53° 42′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.32109° or 1° 19′ 16″ westOperator
HarwothOpen location code
9C5WPM3H+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 32707895OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=constructionWikidata ID
Q97332858
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