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Kellingley Colliery,
known affectionately as the 'Big K', was a deep coal mine in
North Yorkshire, England, 3.6
miles (5.8 km) east of
Ferrybridge power...
- was the last in the
United Kingdom to have a
working deep coal mine,
Kellingley Colliery,
until it
closed in
December 2015.
Knottingley means "the clearing...
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closed earlier. The last
operating deep coal mine in the
United Kingdom,
Kellingley colliery in
North Yorkshire,
closed in
December 2015.
After 2015, most...
- and in
August 1989 coal
mining ended in the Kent coalfield. In 1986,
Kellingley colliery near
Pontefract achieved a
record 404,000
tonnes in a single...
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Archived from the
original on 6
March 2016. "UK's last deep coal mine
Kellingley Colliery capped off". BBC. 14
March 2016. Funk and Wagnalls,
quoted in...
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Following the miners'
strike in the mid-1980s, by 2006, all but
Kellingley had closed. (
Kellingley closed at the end of 2015.) UK Coal had a five-year contract...
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Yorkshire area had a
total of 56 collieries. The last deep coal mine was
Kellingley Colliery which closed on
Friday 18
December 2015
signalling the end of...
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collieries closed in the 20th century.
Ferrybridge Power Station and
Kellingley Colliery have also
closed (in 2015 and 2016 respectively) and used to...
- "UK's last deep coal mine
Kellingley Colliery capped off". BBC News Online. 14
March 2016.
Retrieved 6
December 2016.
Kellingley Colliery in
North Yorkshire...
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guilty to
breaching health and
safety laws
after a
death of a
miner at
Kellingley Colliery. One deep mine, the
Welbeck colliery, in
Nottinghamshire closed...
