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8th Jun 2024  12:45  by Mickandkim

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No luck today

27th Jun 2021  08:10  by Wheresthatpenguin

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This was the Chatterley Whitfield Colliary (formerly known as the Whitfield Colliary until 1891), which closed in 1977. It was the largest mine on the North Staffordshire coalfield, and the first mine to produce 1 million tons worth of coal in a year. It became a museum after it closed, conducting underground tours. However, in 1986, it became too dangerous to continue with these tours, and ultimately the museum closed in 1993. It is now a heritage centre, know as the Chatterley Whitfield Colliery Heritage Centre, and the land surrounding it is now the Chatterley Whitfield Heritage Country Park. The headgear is the structural frame above an underground mine shaft, which hoists machinery, personnel, and materials. The bolt on the headgear is inaccessible. The only place to get a good look at the headgear is from the summit of Chatterley Whitfield Hill. This can be accessed by parking on Whitfield Road, taking the path from there into the park, and then once that path meets another path with steps that lead off to the left, climbing those steps to the summit.

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery To the left is the chimney stack (55 metres high), in the centre is the institute shaft and headgear with the inaccessible trig bolt, and on the right is the hesketh winding gear
Headgear Built in 1922, this steel headgear was supplied by Robert Heath & Low Moor, and replaced an earlier wooden headgear

8th Aug 2019  14:53  by jonglew

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Headgear spotted from summit of nearby Chatterley Witfield Hill.

Headgear at RHS of the photo TP18258©jonglew

29th May 2017  12:32  by painterman61

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Could see this from brown edge

headgear ©painterman61

29th May 2017  09:14  by CJO

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Headgear intact. Listed building.pit closed 1977 but remained as museum until 1987 and underground experience revamped until 1993. Spoil tip turned into a nature reserve. Now Chatterley Whitfield Enterprise Park.

Whitfield Headgear the smaller set behind the lamppost

14th Mar 2017  11:53  by stignest

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From top of the tump nearby. looks a really interesting place. the walk through the park was worthwhile too. they've done a good job of re-naturalising the place.

10th Jan 2015  14:52  by ProSpec

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The headgear still exists but cannot imagine anyone on this site getting up there.

Guess the Bolt must be up there somewhere but for me this is as good as it gets!

7th Jul 2014  12:57  by tigger4242

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Marked as inaccessible. Mine closed a long time ago.

©tigger4242