Elms colliery

Elms Colliery is a disused coal mine in Nailsea within the English County of Somerset. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument and placed on the Heritage at Risk Register due to the risk of vandalism and further decay.

Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: colliery in Nailsea, Somerset, England, UK
Also known as: “Elms Colliery” and “Middle Engine Pit”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nailsea Library and Nailsea Glassworks.

Nailsea Library

Library

Photo: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nailsea Library is situated 3,000 feet west of Elms colliery.

Nailsea Glassworks

Monument

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Nailsea Glassworks was a glass manufacturing factory in Nailsea in the English county of Somerset. The remaining structures have been designated as a scheduled monument. Nailsea Glassworks is situated 2,000 feet northwest of Elms colliery.

Nailsea & Backwell railway station

Railway station

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nailsea & Backwell railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter line, is in the village of Backwell, close to the town of Nailsea in North Somerset, England. Nailsea & Backwell railway station is situated 1 mile south of Elms colliery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nailsea and Wraxall.

Nailsea

Town

Photo: Dillydillyston, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nailsea is a town and civil parish in North Somerset, England, 8 miles southwest of Bristol, and 11 miles northeast of Weston-super-Mare. The nearest village is Backwell, which lies south of Nailsea on the opposite side of the Bristol to Exeter railway line.

Wraxall

Village

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Wraxall is a village in North Somerset, England, about 6 miles west of Bristol. Until 1811 the parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton. The village is now within the parish of Wraxall and Failand.

Backwell

Village

Photo: Edward, Public domain.

Backwell is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of North Somerset, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. In 2011 it had a population of 4,589.

Elms colliery

Categories: mine, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Nailsea, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.43163° or 51° 25′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.74628° or 2° 44′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C3VC7J3+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 658245208

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q17642216

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