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Woodhorn Colliery

England
List entry 1016976
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016976
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.38 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 28940 88409
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Woodhorn Colliery is a coal mining complex located near Ashington in Northumberland, dating primarily from the nineteenth century. The site represents the industrial heritage of the Northumberland coalfield and includes pit structures typical of the Victorian era of mining development. The colliery's physical remains and associated buildings document the scale of coal extraction operations and the industrial transformation of the region during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today the site functions as a heritage venue, preserving evidence of the mining industry that shaped Northumberland's economy and society.

Woodhorn Colliery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016976. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Woodhorn Colliery?

Woodhorn Colliery is a coal mining complex located near Ashington in Northumberland, dating primarily from the nineteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016976.

Who is responsible for protecting Woodhorn Colliery?

Woodhorn 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 1016976.

What other scheduled monuments are near Woodhorn Colliery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote at Cresswell Home Farm (3.6 km), Cresswell tower house (5 km), Widdrington Castle and 18th century Gothic castle and gardens south of Widdrington Farm (8.1 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Woodhorn Colliery

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Dovecote at Cresswell Home Farm
3.6 km
Cresswell tower house
5 km
Widdrington Castle and 18th century Gothic castle and gardens south of Widdrington Farm
8.1 km
Low Chibburn medieval preceptory, 16th century house and World War II pillbox
8.4 km
Coastal Artillery Battery on Blyth Links
9.3 km
Gloucester Lodge Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Woodhorn Colliery

Woodhorn Colliery stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Woodhorn Colliery

Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~16.9 miles
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