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Heating and cooling demand over coal mine workings
This dataset has been produced upon collaboration with the Ordnance Survey (OS), in order to produce a geospatial layer to aid in identifying areas which might see the most... -
Abandoned coal mine catalogue
A geographic catalogue of the plans of abandoned mines held by the Coal Authority. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the Mining Remediation Authority to... -
Geological disturbances which may have been affected by coal mining
The dataset details types of geological disturbances which may have been affected by coal mining. It shows the best plot position for each geological fault, fissure and break... -
Coal outcrops
The coal outcrop identifies where an underground coal seam reaches rockhead, indicating coal that may have been worked at some time in the past. Whilst this dataset highlights... -
Coal Development High Risk Area
The Development High Risk Area is the part of the coal mining reporting area which contains one or more recorded coal mining related features at surface or shallow depth. These... -
Coal Mine Entry
The Coal Authority has records of over 175,000 mine entries within the UK captured in the National Coal Mining database, derived from sources including abandonment plans,... -
Coalfield Consultation Area
The Coalfield Consultation Area dataset has been created from information held by the Coal Authority and is used to determine whether a coal mining report is required for... -
Coal mining child phase
The coal mining child phase dataset shows the position for each Child Phase taken from the information held by the Authority, and includes a number of attributes relating to... -
Coal mining court orders
In parts of the country, the High Court may have issued an order allowing a mine owner or mining operator to work coal where no previous mining lease was in existence. The Court... -
Coal seam levels
This coal seam levels dataset shows the level of underground working in metres along a specific point/contour, in a specific seam, above or below ordnance datum/sea level. A... -
Coal mining legal notices
The coal mining legal notice dataset details each notice issued to allow coal mining operations in areas where no mining lease was in existence, as taken from the information... -
Coal mining licence area
The coal mining licence area dataset shows the position for each License Area relating to both underground, opencast and underground coal gasification as taken from the... -
Coal mining parent phase
The coal mining parent phase data set records the chronology of an underground working (Proposed or Actual). A Parent Phase will typically start life as Proposed and as Coal is... -
Probable coal workings
The probable coal workings dataset contains the locations and estimated extents of probable underground coal workings for which no recorded plan exists, but where it is possible... -
Unlicensed opencast coal mining
The Unlicensed Opencast dataset contains the locations and extents of pre Coal Authority worked opencast sites i.e. as worked by National Coal Board/British Coal. Note: This... -
Coal workings dates
This dataset identifies the year the coal was mined at a geographic point in a specific seam. -
Underground coal workings
This dataset identifies areas where coal has been mined, or is currently being mined under the surface. -
Coal Development Low Risk Area
The Development Low Risk area is an area where our records do not indicate the presence of coal mining features at surface or shallow depth which may pose a risk to surface... -
Shallow Coal Workings
The shallow coal workings dataset is derived from the Authority's records of underground coal mine workings. This dataset consists of all those underground coal workings with a...