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  • HAIG COLLIERY MINING MUSEUM (CUMBRIA, ENGLAND)

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    “Perched on the cliff tops at Whitehaven, this museum is essential for any vistor to the area interested in mining history. Its primary focus is coal mining, especially in the vicinIty of Whitehaven. Entry is free (though a donation is welcome) and it is open all year round.” Click Here for More Information on the…

  • GRIME’S GRAVES (NORFOLK, ENGLAND)

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    “Grime”s Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. A grassy lunar landscape of over 400 shafts, pits, quarries and spoil dumps.” Click Here for More Information on Grime”s Graves [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxXvFpqUoI8[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”52.475507,0.67172″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Grimes Graves, Thetford Forest Park, Weeting, Thetford, Norfolk IP26 5DE, UK”]

  • GEEVOR TIN MINE AND MUSEUM (PENDEEN, PENZANCE, CORNWALL, ENGLAND)

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    “The Largest Preserved Mining Site in the UK. Until 1990 Geevor was a working mine, now a museum, with many surface buildings, a guided underground tour through 18th / 19th century workings, a shop and a cafe.” Click Here for More Information on the Geevor Tin Mine and Museum [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-EdB1LBpw0[/embedyt] [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”50.148597,-5.6714″ zoom=”6″…

  • DURHAM MINING MUSEUM (SPENNYMOOR, COUNTY DURHAM, ENGLAND)

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    Click Here for More Information on the Durham Mining Museum [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”54.698304,-1.602665″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”The Durham Mining Museum, c/o Spennymoor Town Council, Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG”]