This site was second on my list of places to visit on my recent north East trip.
The History.
East Holywell Colliery, D Pit, opened in 1872 during the early expansion of the South East
Northumberland coalfield, and closed in 1973. In the 1850s the owners were Plummer, Taylor, Clark and Lamb, later
Hugh Taylor & Co, and then East Holywell Coal Company Ltd. Most of the surviving buildings on the road from Earsdon to Backworth
appear to be of 20th century date and include a brick-built horizontal engine house, baths, offices, workshops and stores..
The Visit.
Pictures I'd seen of the place made it look just my type of site - very fooked... but somehow still
appealing to me and with a fair bit of graf - some of it fairly reasonable.
This was NOT an explore to do solo if of a nervous disposition or fairly new to urbex/solo explores.
there were plenty of loose iron panels and a fair amount of wind around. Consequently there was
a constant racket throughout the whole place during my whole time there lol.
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I decided that the footwear I was wearing for the explore was not really suitable so
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Ta for looking
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The History.
East Holywell Colliery, D Pit, opened in 1872 during the early expansion of the South East
Northumberland coalfield, and closed in 1973. In the 1850s the owners were Plummer, Taylor, Clark and Lamb, later
Hugh Taylor & Co, and then East Holywell Coal Company Ltd. Most of the surviving buildings on the road from Earsdon to Backworth
appear to be of 20th century date and include a brick-built horizontal engine house, baths, offices, workshops and stores..
The Visit.
Pictures I'd seen of the place made it look just my type of site - very fooked... but somehow still
appealing to me and with a fair bit of graf - some of it fairly reasonable.
This was NOT an explore to do solo if of a nervous disposition or fairly new to urbex/solo explores.
there were plenty of loose iron panels and a fair amount of wind around. Consequently there was
a constant racket throughout the whole place during my whole time there lol.
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for some reason I didn't fancy walking through this room
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I decided that the footwear I was wearing for the explore was not really suitable so
I decided to ditch it.
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Ta for looking
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like the shoes! Good stuff JM
