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Its difficult to imagine such a picturesque place once being an area of heavy industry. The pit closed in 1911 but the shaft is open and only surrounded by a fence, a constant rush of water being heard from inside.
The corner of the mine managers house remains standing (although I don’t know for how much longer)
Update December 2011 - I believe the remaining corner of the buiilding has since been demolised after my original post.
Just thinking: If you were to turn this into a book or summat, you could do it as a tour type of dealy.