List of collieries in Derbyshire

There were 68 collieries in the Derbyshire coalfield when the British coal industry was nationalised in 1947. By 1994 they were all closed. ^{[1] [2]}

The last six to close, following the miners' strikes of 1984, were Arkwright, Cadley Hill, Creswell, Shirebrook, Bolsover and finally Markham in 1994. Bolsover, Markham and Shirebrook had been three of the county's largest coal mines. ^{[3] [4]}

Colliery Name	Town	Year of opening	Year of closure	Notes	Photo
Alfreton	Alfreton	1895	1968
Arkwright	Arkwright Town	1899	1988
Avenue Shaft	Wingerworth	1950	1950
Bentinck	Kirkby-in-Ashfield	1895	1988 merged	Combined with Annesley (Nottinghamshire)
Blackwell A Winning	Alfreton	1861	1969
Blackwell B Winning	Alfreton	1880	1964
Bolsover	Bolsover	1890	1993
Bond's Main	Temple Normanton	1896	1949
Bretby	Newhall	1875	1962
Brittain Pit	Ripley	1918	1946
Brookhill	Pinxton	1908	1968 merged	Combined with Bentinck
Butterley Drift	Denby	1945	1947
Cadley Hill	Swadlincote	1869	1988
Church Gresley	Church Gresley	1855	1967 merged	Combined with Cadley Hill
Coppice	Shipley	1874	1966
Coppice No.2	Shipley	1900	1966
Coppice No.3	Shipley	1930	1966
Cotes Park	Alfreton	1854	1963
Creswell	Creswell	1895	1991
Denby	Denby	1854	1968
Denby Hall	Denby	1875	1967 merged	Combined with Denby
Field Shaft	Shipley	1947	1950
Ford's	Denby	1950	1950
Glapwell	Glapwell	1885	1974
Granville No.1	Swadlincote	1850	1967 merged	Combined with Rawdon (Leicestershire)
Granville No.2	Swadlincote	1854	1967 merged	Combined with Rawdon (Leicestershire)
Grassmoor	Temple Normanton	1854	1950 merged	Combined with Williamthorpe
High Moor	Killamarsh	1957	1989
Holmewood	Holmewood	1874	1968
Ireland	Staveley	1875	1986
Langton	Alfreton	1842	1967 merged	Combined with Kirkby
Langwith	Langwith	1876	1978
Manners	Ilkeston	1874	1949
Mapperley	Stanley Common	1870	1965
Markham	Staveley	1881	1994	In 1938 79 miners were killed in the Markham Colliery disaster. [5]
Markham No.1	Staveley	1881	1967 merged	Combined with Markham
Markham No.2	Staveley	1887	1967 merged	Combined with Markham
Markham No.4	Staveley	1930	1967 merged	Combined with Markham
Morton	Morton	1866	1965
Netherseal	Netherseal	1870	1947
New Langley	Heanor	1859	1960 merged	Combined with Ormonde
Ormonde	Loscoe	1905	1970
Oxeroft	Clowne	1900	1974
Park House	Clay Cross	1880	1962
Pilsley	Pilsley	1867	1957
Pinxton	Pinxton	1938	1950
Pleasley	Pleasley	1871	1984
Plymouth No.2	Pinxton	1940	1950
Ramcroft	Heath	1915	1966
Renishaw Park	Eckington	1859	1989
Reservoir Pit	Overseal	1875	1948
Ripley	Ripley	1846	1949 merged	Combined with Denby Hall
Shirebrook	Shirebrook	1896	1993
Shirland	Shirland	1864	1965
Southgate	Clowne	1877	1929
South Normanton	South Normanton	1895	1951
Stanhope Bretby	Newhall	1960	1966
Stanley	Stanley	1895	1961
Swadlincote	Swadlincote	1854	1965
Swanwick	Alfreton	1854	1968
Thorntree Drift	Newhall	1930	1947
Westthorpe	Killamarsh	1923	1984
Whitwell	Whitwell	1890	1986
Williamthorpe	Temple Normanton	1854	1970
Wingfield Manor	Oakerthorpe	1908	1963 merged	Combined with Swanwick
Woodside No.1	Shipley	1875	1966
Woodside No.2	Shipley	1900	1960
Woodside No.3	Shipley	1920	1961 merged	Combined with Coppice
Woolley Moor	Stretton	1955	1955

In 1880 there were 235 coal mines recorded in Derbyshire. ^[6]

See also

• Derbyshire portal

• List of coal mines in the United Kingdom

References

1. Colin Jackson, The Complete A-Z of Colliery Names, Pre-1947 Owners, Areas & Dates, Volume 2, published by the National Coal Mining Museum for England, 2002
2. "Derbyshire Coalfield - Derby Area". Northern Mine Research Society. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
3. "Pit closures, year by year". 5 March 2004. pp. BBC News. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
4. "The deadliest disasters in Derbyshire's mining history". Derbyshire Live. 9 January 2021. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 6 February 2025.
5. "Walking Together mining memorial - Derbyshire County Council". www.derbyshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
6. "List of coal mines UK 1880". The Coal Mining History Resource Centre. Retrieved 6 February 2025.