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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... -
Environmental Monitoring Points
Environmental monitoring points consist of a variety of sites throughout the UK at which environmental data are gathered by The Coal Authority. The types of data collected... -
Licence Areas
Upon privatisation of the coal industry in 1994, The Coal Authority was set up to take over a number of British Coal’s responsibilities; however these did not include the...