Parkside Colliery

Parkside Colliery was a coal mine in Newton-le-Willows, in the historic county of Lancashire, but from 1974, until its closure in 1993, it was in Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in the metropolitan county of Merseyside.

Type: Brownfield land
Description: former coal mine in Lancashire, England
Also known as: “Newton Colliery”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Newton Park farmhouse, Newton-le-Willows and Newton-le-Willows railway station.

Newton Park farmhouse, Newton-le-Willows

Ruins

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Newton Park farmhouse, Newton-le-Willows is a ruins, which is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Parkside Colliery.

Newton-le-Willows railway station

Railway station

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Newton-le-Willows railway station is a railway station in the town of Newton-le-Willows, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, and at the edge of the Merseytravel region. Newton-le-Willows railway station is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Parkside Colliery.

Mill Lane viaduct, Newton-le-Willows

Bridge

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Mill Lane viaduct, Newton-le-Willows is a bridge, which is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Parkside Colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hermitage Green and Newton-le-Willows.

Hermitage Green

Hamlet

Hermitage Green is a hamlet near the village of Winwick in Cheshire, England. It is also the location of St Oswald's Well. It is said that after the death of King Oswald 5th August AD642 that people came to visit the site where Oswald was killed and where the Well had sprung as Oswald fell.

Newton-le-Willows

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Newton-le-Willows is a town in Merseyside, England. It is famous for industry, from biscuits to railway locomotives to tanks, made in the Vulcan Foundry.