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Category: Mine Museums and Tours

  • IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUMS (IRONBRIDGE, ENGLAND)

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    “This museum is probably the museum for industrial and social history. It is located over several sites in the area surrounding the town of Ironbridge which is now part of Telford. Items specifically related to mining are a small mine headgear and steam powered lifting engine. A new (artificial) level into a coal mine (both…

  • HOPEWELL COLLIERY MUSEUM (COLEFORD, ENGLAND)

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    “An actual freemine (one of only four mines that still exists) that operates as a commercial mine during the winter months and as a tourist attraction in the summer.” Click Here for More Information on the Hopewell Colliery Museum [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”51.789539,-2.59573″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”Hopewell Colliery, Lacinda/Prosper La, Coleford GL16 7JP, United…

  • 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”]