Back on home turf and a walk to Lily Loch #Caldercruix #Lanarkshire with stunning views of the Black Hill transmitter and the Ardenrigg Colliery Pit 6 bing #MiningLandscapes

Still not sure what an #Ecomuseum is or how to get involved with the #MiningLandscapes Breaking Barriers project? Aileen and Catherine are kick starting 2026 with two free webinars 5.30 13th and 1.30 14th Jan. For more info and to book a ticket nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/free-we...

Couldn’t leave the West Mids without a potter on the #BCN The stunning Titford Pump House #Oldbury Grade II listed built in the 1830s to ensure adequate water supply to a flight of 6 locks still functioning (electric) and HQ of the BCN Society. #canalheritage

Bell pit workings for lead #Brassington #Derbyshire Peak District #MiningLandscapes

The Hanwood Miners’ Pavillon still stands although much altered and extended and you can find great write up of its history and the local coal industry here hanwoodvillagehall.godaddysites.com/history #MiningHeritage

Wandering the landscape legacies of the #Hanwood Coalfield #Shropshire bings and an ivy clad engine platform. Small scale workings, seams to thin for mechanical cutting and haulage, served the local market at Shrewsbury #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage

Quick detour whilst in Netherton #BlackCountry to visit Hingley’s slag bank (made the anchor for the Titanic) returned to nature but sadly inaccessible (heavily fenced) and sandwiched between housing and industry. #postindustriallandscapes

Kickstarting the new year with a #MiningLandscape. An Xmas tradition for Catherine when she is south of the border it’s either walk to Cobb’s Engine House, Rowley Regis in the #BlackCountry if it’s dry, or up and down the 1.7 miles of #Netherton #canal tunnel if it’s wet. 2025 was dry.

Happy 2026

Still not sure what an #Ecomuseum is or how to get involved with the #MiningLandscapes Breaking Barriers project? Aileen and Catherine are kick starting 2026 with two free webinars 5.30 13th and 1.30 14th Jan. For more info and to book a ticket nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news/free-we...

2/2 …created by Open Past North Lanarkshire Council contributors Gavin, Nicky, Helen, James and Doug. To access the route nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/routes

1/2 The #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum has just added a new route to its collection the last one of the year Dumbreck Heritage Walk a 4km circular exploring the nature and history of a former #postindustriallandscape ….

2/2 … something that Hitler during WWII attempted but failed. Written by Iain Chalmers, an extract from his book Beneath the Kingdom: Memoirs of a Miner. Nip to 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/blog #MiningHeritage #socialhistory

1/2 Don’t fancy a walk want a read instead just uploaded to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection is the final blog of 2025. A great little story of how a prank at Comrie Colliery #Fife ended up stopping #Kelty bingo…

Need to walk off the festive excess over the weekend before it all starts again and fancy something different why not explore your local #MiningHeritage. We have around 45 community created walks from #Fife to #Ayrshire just scan the QR code or nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org

Merry Christmas 🎄 from all at #MiningLandscapes

Our coal rat (Rattus Carbonicus native to Fife) project mascots, Ratticus and Carbonara have hung up their hard hats to plan some walking over the festive period want to join them see www.mining-landscapes.org/routes Want to know their back story see www.mining-landscapes.org/news/the-coa...

Thanks to Southern Uplands Mining Heritage its confirmed as the bath house for Tower Coal Mine, built 1953 to accommodate 144 men with first aid room. We have up dated our blog www.mining-landscapes.org/blog/survivi... The total is now sitting at 19 with 2 pending site visits #MiningHeritage.

Can anyone provide more info please - mapped as pit head baths but for all the world it looks a pumping/winding engine house, pictured in 2020 following conversion to domestic use - Tower Colliery, #Dumfries just off A76 between #Gateside and #Kirkconnel #coal #MiningLandscapes

Want a little break from the Xmas prep/festivities and live in #Fife #MiningLandscapes #Ecomusum are creating the Miners’ Memorial Way a long distance route across the Kingdom commemorating the industry and need your help see www.mining-landscapes.org/news

Wind blown tree roots revealing the historic land use for today’s post. The site of the former Carriden Colliery pits 1 and 2, #Boness #Falkirk Council Area sunk around 1914 and closed in 1952 part planted and part naturally regenerated. #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage

The #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum has uploaded a new route to the collection ‘Historic #Wallyford’ created by local resident Alister with thanks to Angus, Jim S, Janet, John, Hanita, Jim L and Liz the first foray into #EastLothian by the project.

Out to #Cardenden meeting with Elaine and Margaret from the history group planning a 3rd route in their series focusing on #Dundonald (Lady Helen) and the early workings along the Den Burn. Storm Bram put paid to any outdoor exploring so resorted to table top mapping in local cafe #MiningHeritage

Aileen kicked started last week at the #Coalburn Miners’ Welfare #Lanarkshire showing project community ambassadors (aka super volunteers) how to upload their digital walking routes to #MiningLandscapes collection

UPDATE #MiningLandcpscapes is back online

Apologies #MiningLandscapes walking routes page is currently out of action it’s experienced ‘an application error’ and ‘cannot read the properties of null (reading split)’ 🤔 Fortunately it’s a day to be curled up by the fire. Hopefully fixed for the morning.

If you want to know what an #Ecomuseum is, who we are, what we do, why we do it and how to get involved join one of our free #MiningLandscapes webinars in January. Nip to our news page for more info and to book your ticket 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningHeritage #MiningHistory

Curious landscape legacy of coal, the sea defences built by the Wemyss Estate allegedly to protect the foreshore below the castle from contamination by pit waste from the Micheal Colliery #Fife #Coal Coast

The route was curated by Brian who grew up in the shadow of the Dubbie and worked at the Michael, Seafield and Bedlay collieries. To access nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/route/120

Just uploaded another new walk exploring the #Fife #coal to #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s collection ‘A Tale of Two Earldoms’ a 2 mile linear with optional return by bus Dysart to #WestWemyss. To access the route and more info follow the thread…

The recently tree cleared #bing and subsidence pool under gloomy skies at the site of the former Whinhill No1 Pit #Alloa worked for #coal and #fireclay from 1870s to 1930s by the Alloa Coal Company #MiningLandscapes

Tin sheds for #AllMetalMonday and old goods carriages abandoned on the former mineral line that served the #Kingseat Colliery #Fife

A #MiningLandscape for today’s post. The former Orchard pit bing #Crossford South #Lanarkshire. The short lived venture operated from 1883 to1887 #Coal #MiningHeritage

Interesting but not our kind of pit

New route added to #MiningLandscape #Ecomuseum’s collection, a short circular exploring the planned industrial village, the site of the Lady Lillian (Lochhead), Duncan, Albert and Hugo pits and the associated private railway see 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/route/35

Carbonara and Ratticus out and about again down to the #Meedies to have a look at the Save the Cage Project #Fife Carbonara is getting very daring now she is more settled and allowed Ratticus to hold her by the tail to read the interpretation board. #miningheritage #mininghistory

Stephenson-Howe Link Reversing Gear Horizontal Winding Engine for #AllMetalMonday made 1847 and saw continuous use at Clay Cross Colliery Pit 2 #Chesterfield until 1934. Pic from volunteer Steve who was at Kelham Island Museum @SheffieldMuseums.bluesky.social at the weekend #MiningHistory

Word a read - brought back memories of hours of searching through 19th hard copies with no index and scrolling though endless rolls of micro-fiche back in the day before digitisation. See www.mining-journal.com/mj-comment/o... #MiningHistory

Want to keep up to date with all #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum activities and news? Our regular news round up #Coal Vaults is just published for Sept to Oct. Nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningHeritage

Official update from SP Energy Networks the end date for repairs and path reopening will be 31st March 2026

Some #LandscapeJourney news. The first route in the Ash Way Collection: #Kincardine #Fife should have reopened to day but pylon/tower XD130 requires more maintenance than anticipated, it will be early Feb ‘26 now. Can’t wait you can still ‘armchair’ walk see 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/routes

While Catherine is marking, student volunteers are busy with assessments and Aileen is focusing on her community workshops #MiningLandscapes project mascots Carbonara and Ratticus snuck off to visit West Wemyss Mining Museum and meet Tam #Fife #coal #mininghistory

Today…

Sad to see the removal of the old level crossing gate that once used to hide in plain sight on the Wemyss Estate Railwaywith the new housing development at Coaltown of Wemyss #Fife The line linked Duncan Depot to the Lochhead (Lady Lillian) pit #MiningLandscapes #RailwayHeritage

At Lochore Country Park (The Meedies) #Fife. Great to see the Save the Cage project come to fruition under cold but sunny skies, the March, the speeches, a coal shearer and interpretation (one of the outdoor exhibits) and the buffet #MiningHeritage

New blog published from our engagement officer Aileen chatting about the #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum’s Breaking Barriers first ‘community ambassadors’ (think of them as super volunteers) event. Nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/blog

Very productive meeting with #Whitburn Services Group #WestLothian last week lots of routes planned and dates in the diary already. Too wet to get out so here’s a pic from the top of Whitriggs (The Lady of the Dales) Colliery bing from back in a snowy Dec 2023. #MiningHeritage

Another milestone and big drum roll for #MiningLandscapes #Ecomuseum we have now welcomed 100K plus visitors through our virtual doors since we launched in Apr ‘24 Fancy a visit nip to 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/ #MiningHeritage

#MiningLandscape Journey news this morning, the short cut on the #Crossford to Tillitudlem Route, South #Lanarkshire see www.mining-landscapes.org/route/94 has been cut back and is now passable. A stunning beech hedged path that takes you off the road and reduces your return journey by 0.5K

What happens when Catherine is bored on a long train journey north and marking is done (for now) a digital Ratticus and Carbonara #mininglandscapes #mascots #rattuscarbonicus