1. The History
Manton Colliery coal mine is located in north Nottinghamshire, just east of the town of Worksop. On land owned by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, a shaft was sunk by Wigan Coal and Iron Company in 1897. Initially digging through Sherwood Sandstone and Lower Magnesian...
Travelling through Worksop one evening I remembered seeing a post about this pretty building - actually there are two posts but one had no internals so doesn’t count.
Report - - Bracebridge Sewage Pumping Station and Chimney, Worksop - 08\2007 | Industrial Sites
There were a couple of hours of...
Explore:
I have been to this location many times as it is local for me. little remains of the Colliery now, just the remains of the pit baths and the power house.
the main focal point of this explore has to be the amazing graffiti, with a lot of work by Coloquix along with other local artists...
it was actually a last minute decision to visit this explore.
en route home from doing the manton colliery explore i passed the fomer pumping station at bracebridge with a shall i or sha,nt i so a quick turn round of the car
i squeezed in behind some twat in a skoda who thought it a very good...
it was actually a last minute decision to visit this explore.
en route home from doing the manton colliery explore i passed the fomer pumping station at bracebridge with a shall i or sha,nt i so a quick turn round of the car
i squeezed in behind some twat in a skoda who thought it a very good...
Visit with Lincoln Lad, easy to get into but we met the local pisshead once in but he was fine and told us how to get to the roof(would of found it anyway)
Looks like the place has been empty for some time.
come on get your stories in :)
Clocking in
Some of...
I spotted this a few days earlier along with a knitwear factory next door (report to follow) This place has been empty for many years with many applications to convert to flats etc.
I didn't get many pics as my camera was playing up and i was unable to take pics after a while...