Wholaw Nook Colliery

Whilst on a walk with Clive Seal, the renowned expert on the local colieries, we visited the site of Wholaw Nook Pit just north of Clowbridge Reservoir. This was sunk in the mid-19th century with two shafts 30 yards deep to the Lower Mountain Mine which averaged 3ft 3 ins thickness. Worked by Messrs Brooks and Pickup the colliery was abandoned in 1887. The remains include the tops of the shafts and stone beds for the winding engine.