One of Britain’s oldest working coal mines!
The National Coal Mining Museum is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery.
Caphouse Colliery was sunk in the late 1700s and the Hope Pit in the 1820s. In 1827 Sir John Lister Lister Kaye of Denby Grange took over and his pits became the Denby Grange Colliery.
The boiler house and stone and brick chimney at the museum are Grade II listed structures (built circa 1876) and the steam winding engine house, boiler yard, heapstead and ventilation shaft are Grade II* listed!
The winding house has a central doorway up stone steps and has a tablet reading:
“ELK (Emma Lister Kaye) 1876”
The timber headgear at Caphouse and the wood-framed screens building at Hope Pit date from between 1905 and 1911.
The colliery was nationalised in 1947 and a drift mine opened in 1974, but it all closed in 1985.
Get on down for a free guided underground tour where you can travel 140 metres underground down one of Britain’s oldest working mines! Everyone reports a brilliant day out at this place, so prepare to have a good time – just don’t wear white!
Click HERE! for additional visiting information.
Caphouse Colliery, New Rd, Overton WF4 4RH.
Caphouse Colliery is an ERIH anchor point!
One of Britain’s oldest working coal mines!
The National Coal Mining Museum is based at the site of Caphouse Colliery.
Caphouse Colliery was sunk in the late 1700s and the Hope Pit in the 1820s. In 1827 Sir John Lister Lister Kaye of Denby Grange took over and his pits became the Denby Grange Colliery.
The boiler house and stone and brick chimney at the museum are Grade II listed structures (built circa 1876) and the steam winding engine house, boiler yard, heapstead and ventilation shaft are Grade II* listed!
The winding house has a central doorway up stone steps and has a tablet reading:
“ELK (Emma Lister Kaye) 1876”
The timber headgear at Caphouse and the wood-framed screens building at Hope Pit date from between 1905 and 1911.
The colliery was nationalised in 1947 and a drift mine opened in 1974, but it all closed in 1985.
Get on down for a free guided underground tour where you can travel 140 metres underground down one of Britain’s oldest working mines! Everyone reports a brilliant day out at this place, so prepare to have a good time – just don’t wear white!
Click HERE! for additional visiting information.
Caphouse Colliery, New Rd, Overton WF4 4RH.
Caphouse Colliery is an ERIH anchor point!
