Harworth Colliery

Harworth Colliery closed in 2006 and was then been kept on care and maintenance by owners UK Coal. At one time there was talk of reopening when the reserves at Welbeck Colliery were exhausted. The two shafts which were sunk in the 1920s were 900 and 1000m deep. There are estimated to be around 40 million tonnes of reserves in the Deep Soft and Top Hard seams. It was probably a surprise to nobody that the colliery has since been abandoned and the structures demolished.