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Pleasley Colliery is a nineteenth-century coal mining complex located in Derbyshire. The site preserves substantial evidence of industrial coal extraction and processing from the Victorian era, including pit head structures, winding gear installations, and associated mining infrastructure. The colliery represents the development of Derbyshire's coalfield during the period of intensive industrial expansion in the nineteenth century. The surviving remains provide significant archaeological and historical evidence of coal mining practices and the industrial heritage of the East Midlands.
Pleasley Colliery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015641. View the official record →
Pleasley Colliery is a nineteenth-century coal mining complex located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015641.
Pleasley Colliery is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1015641.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa ESE of Northfield House (2.6 km), Skegby Manor House, immediately south east of Pond Cottage (3.4 km), Hardwick Old Hall: an Elizabethan great house (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pleasley Colliery's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pleasley Colliery stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.