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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... -
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,... -
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... -
Coalfield Consultation Areas
The Coalfield Consultation Areas dataset has been created from information held by the Mining Remediation Authority and is used to determine whether a coal mining report is... -
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... -
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... -
Geospatial Data Catalogue: Coal Authority
Working with the Geospatial Commission, the Geo6 organisations have produced a simplified common data catalogue providing core information on the geospatial datasets that they... -
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... -
Underground coal workings
This dataset identifies areas where coal has been mined, or is currently being mined under the surface. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the Mining... -
Coal workings dates
This dataset identifies the year the coal was mined at a geographic point in a specific seam. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the Mining Remediation... -
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 roadways
The coal roadways (spine roadways) dataset represents underground roadways connecting or leading to areas of underground coal working. In November 2024, the Coal Authority... -
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... -
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 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 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 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... -
Mine Water Heat Opportunity Mapping for 10 Cities in England
This is a collection of Opportunity Maps for mine water heat, produced for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, and their contractor AECOM, covering the following 10...