Report - CHATTERLEY WHITFIELD (UNDERGROUND EXPERIENCE)

[Laurenlucy123]

Chatterley Whitfield is one of my all time favourite explores ever! It has so much history and character. In 1979 the Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum opened and it soon gained a reputation of being Britain’s best known mining museum attracting over 70,000 visitors a year. Underground tours were conducted until the nearby pit at Wolstanton closed. My dad actually went to the underground experience when he was in school! Well fortunately me and my friends found our way into the underground experience, and what an amazing experience it was. It was extremely hard to get into as the stairs has collapsed, but it was manageable. The pictures really do speak for themselves.

 

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[Shaun]

Been a while since I've seen anything underground here, not to go and have a look but i dont have tube balls for there big spikey fence

 

[Laurenlucy123]

Been a while since I've seen anything underground here, not to go and have a look but i dont have tube balls for there big spikey fence

I was told by many people this was blocked up! so glad we got in was great to look around, even though the flooring was extremely dodgy! and you'd be surprised how many holes there in in the fences now lol

 

[Calamity Jane]

Another good choice. Nice photos. Just need a mth & yr in title and your golden

 

[alex17595]

Was this the one built in an old railway cutting?

 

[Laurenlucy123]

Was this the one built in an old railway cutting?

This was man made,dug up. technically not underground but it was made to feel that you are aha

 

[alex17595]

This was man made,dug up. technically not underground but it was made to feel that you are aha

Technically all mines are man made


Also it turn out it was built in a railway cutting.

The first part of the plan was to plug two shafts well below the surface. The thick layer of concrete would prevent gas from rising any higher and it meant that the museum could still use the tops of the shafts – One shaft for visitors to experience the miners cage ride to work and the other shaft to demonstrate coal winding. From the pit bottom area the museum then started on a most unusual project – to build a new mine, using some shallow workings and the railway cutting, which would show the history of mining from 1850 to the present day.

 

[Laurenlucy123]

Technically all mines are man made


Also it turn out it was built in a railway cutting.

Oh yeah well this one wasn’t made for actual mining then lol,but the original shafts are still there.

 

[gingerspeedfreak]

Showing my age, but I went on a school trip here back in the 80s. Absolutely fascinating.

Nice report and photos.