Unknown Colliery (Yorkley)

United Kingdom / England / Lydney / Yorkley

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Adjacent to the Cut and Fry Cricket Ground is the spoil heap of a reasonable sized colliery. Believed continued in use after the General Stike of 1926 but probably closed by 1940 (?).

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Coordinates: 51°45'30"N 2°30'58"W

Former RAF Aston Down 26 km
RAF Bibury 46 km
Former RAF Throckmorton 54 km
Former RAF Little Rissington 57 km
Former RAF Bickmarsh 62 km
Former RAF Long Marston Airfield 67 km
Former RAF Atherstone (later RAF Stratford) 73 km
Former RAF Edgehill 80 km
British Leyland Longbridge Production Facility (former) 80 km
Former Wahid Industries Factory 98 km

Vinny Hill Wood 0.8 km
Oldcroft 0.9 km
Stapledge Enclosure 2.9 km
Whitemead Forest Park 3.3 km
Forest of Dean 3.9 km
Remains of US Army Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance Depot, Acorn Patch. 4.6 km
Blaize Bailey 4.9 km
Bells Hotel and Golf Club, Coleford 7 km
The 'western' outcrop of the Forest of Dean Coalfield 8.7 km
Welshbury Hillfort 9 km

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Vinny Hill Wood Oldcroft Stapledge Enclosure Whitemead Forest Park Forest of Dean Remains of US Army Ammunition and Explosive Ordnance Depot, Acorn Patch. Blaize Bailey Bells Hotel and Golf Club, Coleford The 'western' outcrop of the Forest of Dean Coalfield Welshbury Hillfort