Former Rothwell Colliery Stockyard - Rothwell, UK
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dtrebilc
N 53° 45.820 W 001° 28.288
30U E 600757 N 5958312
This area was the stockyard of Rothwell Colliery and the railway lines are still present in the concrete.
Waymark Code: WM1757X
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/15/2022
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This former stockyard of Rothwell Colliery is now in Rothwell Country Park.
Coal Mine to Country Park
"Rothwell Country Park used to be occupied by Rothwell Colliery, but following its closure in 1983 it became a post-industrial wasteland, remnants of which are still visible today.
Fortunately in the mid 1990s a partnership was formed between local people, Leeds City Council and Groundwork Leeds which saw a transformation of the area. Over the next 5 years extensive landscaping of the site allowed the land to be carefully reprofiled and tracts of meadow, woodland and wetlands were created. Finally on the 24th of June 2000 Rothwell Country Park opened to the public, providing this corner of Leeds with much needed oasis. In 2010 the Friends of Rothwell Country Park was set up to help manage the park for both people and wildlife. Contact either the Trust or Friends of Rothwell Country Park to volunteer on site and get involved with managing the site.
Rothwell Country Park is part of a corridor of green spaces in the Lower Aire Valley in Leeds which is owned by Leeds City Council and managed in partnership with the Trust.
Sculpture Trail
The Rothwell Country Park Sculpture Trail is situated on the former pithead and there are still relics of the industrial heritage of the site. A large open area, with a couple of picnic benches on, is the site of the stockyard and under the moss you can still see the railway lines in the concrete floor."
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The railway lines in this stockyard area, used to connect to wharves on the nearby Aire and Calder Navigation and beyond.