About This Location: The site of Brandy Bottom has the protection of being listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument due to Historic England’s view of it as the best-preserved layout…
Clandown
About This Location: Clandown colliery is first mentioned in 1793, sinking of the shaft was around 1801 when the lease was signed. The site chosen for the sinking was quite…
Midsomer Norton Town Park
Midsomer Norton Town Park: In 2017 Midsomer Norton Town Council purchased the fields alongside the River Somer and Norton Hill Batch – a former coal spoil heap to develop as…
Waterside Valley
Waterside Valley: Purchased in July 2021 by Westfield Parish Council with the overall vision to enhance the land as public open space, retaining the wildlife value and natural aspect of…
Wellow Brook
Wellow Brook: Midsomer Norton Town Council has leased this 3-hectare grassland site adjacent to the Wellow Brook from the Duchy of Cornwall, with the aspiration to improve wildlife habitats on…
Haydon Batch
Haydon Batch: Haydon Batch is an 8 hectare site in the settlement of Haydon, Radstock. The site is a disused colliery spoil heap (known locally as a batch). Since the…
Newton St Loe
About This Location: There were 4 coal mines in the Bath area. Glob Pit —Near the Globe Inn. Newton Pit —- Near Newton St Loe Quarry Pit— bottom of Pennyquick…
Westfield Old Pit Road
About This Location: The earliest mention of Norton Hill Old Pit is in 1839, the shafts being sunk in 1846, it was situated close to the Radstock to Shepton Mallet…
Tunley
About This Location: Priston was the last deep mine to be opened in Somerset, sinking of the shaft started in March 1914. The sinking was carried out during the years…
Farrington Gurney
About This Location: In 1786 a drift was being driven to cut as much coal as possible, a drift is an underground roadway driven down at an angle, unlike the…