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Yearly Archives: 2021

Christmas and New Year Opening 2021

This year we’re going to be closing earlier then usual on the 23rd December for our Christmas Break. We’ll be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New […]

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Ben’s Visit to the Surface Gallery

Yesterday we welcomed Ben with his grandparents, as the first wheelchair user in our surface mine display based on a training gallery formerly used at Kellingley Colliery, the last deep […]

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Mine Tours Return

The news we’ve all been waiting for… we’re finally able to restart the underground mine tours! We’ve consulted with the powers that be and have the go ahead to run […]

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Opening the New Surface Gallery

On Sunday we held the official opening of our New Surface Gallery. This is a recreation of a section of a coal mine above ground that is accessible to a […]

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May 17th Covid Changes

We’ve finally got to 17th May and another step towards normality. As of today we are able to seat people inside, although we still have to have the social distancing […]

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Entrance Road Repairs Sat 15th May

On Saturday 15th there will be repair work going on the Loomer Road entrance road to the country park. Potholes and the car park ramp will be fixed. While the […]

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Surface Tours

Saturday 17th April is the day that we re-open along with the Apedale Valley Light Railway, and it’ll be a steam service too. We’ll just have the café open, but […]

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Re-opening 17th April

We’re happy to announce that we will be reopening our café on Saturday 17th April, now that we are entering step 2 of the reopening plan. Its no coincidence that […]

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