16: A re-purposed coal mine
Claiming 2 points please
Pleasley Pit Country Park
12th August at 6:25pm
Take Off Location: 53.172977, -1.256618
Pleasley Colliery was scheduled as an Ancient Monument in 1996 and has been developed as a mining heritage centre. The two headgears, the engine-house roof and the chimney have been renovated by Robert Woodhouse Ltd. The regeneration has won several regional and national awards including the English Heritage Angel Awards in 2011 and the EMCBE Constructing Excellence Heritage Awards. The two steam winding engines that are such a special feature of this pit are being restored by volunteer members of the Friends of Pleasley Pit. Although the original boilers were removed when the pit closed, one of the engines can now be operated with electric power.
The site has been turned into a Country Park under the care of Derbyshire CC Countryside Services and parts have declared as a local nature reserve.
