Dave and Myself have been visiting Harworth since about 2007 generally stopping off on our way elsewhere. For most of that time its mothballed status had meant that the heapstead was always either well used or well secured.
Most of coal prep was demolished a few years back and the original baths and offices went around the same time. The most substantial buildings remaining are the Headstocks, Power house and the winding houses.
The amount of maintenance on the shafts and amount of activity on site has steadily been declining as the fortunes of UK Coal continued to worsen. Following the fire at Daw Mill UK coal went into administration and it seems that since then Harworth has been more or less abandoned.
I've elected to put this in non public as the shafts are uncapped, there are PIR's in both headstocks and audio warning messages and it wouldn't take much effort to secure the site again making any return visit much harder. I would imagine that control of the site will pass to the Coal Authority at some point in the near future which may well make things much harder here.
The headstocks at Harworth are the Most modern in the UK, the Concrete Upcast shaft was completed in 1989 and it is currently the tallest headstock in the UK. The downcast is the only head frame to be built since privatisation.
Theres lots more to be seen here I was let down by only having a small head torch for lighting so the photos are limited to the areas of the site I was able to light!
Photos are A joint effort between Dave and Myself.
Most of coal prep was demolished a few years back and the original baths and offices went around the same time. The most substantial buildings remaining are the Headstocks, Power house and the winding houses.
The amount of maintenance on the shafts and amount of activity on site has steadily been declining as the fortunes of UK Coal continued to worsen. Following the fire at Daw Mill UK coal went into administration and it seems that since then Harworth has been more or less abandoned.
I've elected to put this in non public as the shafts are uncapped, there are PIR's in both headstocks and audio warning messages and it wouldn't take much effort to secure the site again making any return visit much harder. I would imagine that control of the site will pass to the Coal Authority at some point in the near future which may well make things much harder here.
The headstocks at Harworth are the Most modern in the UK, the Concrete Upcast shaft was completed in 1989 and it is currently the tallest headstock in the UK. The downcast is the only head frame to be built since privatisation.
Theres lots more to be seen here I was let down by only having a small head torch for lighting so the photos are limited to the areas of the site I was able to light!
Photos are A joint effort between Dave and Myself.
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