Category
Mines & mining heritage
Working museums of Cornish tin, Welsh slate, Derbyshire lead and Yorkshire coal. The industrial scars Britain put on its own landscape, opened to visitors.
195 places in this category.
Mines & mining heritage by region
- 103 mines mining heritage in North East England
- 34 mines mining heritage in London
- 14 mines mining heritage in Mid Wales
- 10 mines mining heritage in South West England
- 9 mines mining heritage in Central Scotland
- 7 mines mining heritage in Yorkshire & the Humber
- 5 mines mining heritage in North West England
- 3 mines mining heritage in Scottish Highlands
- 3 mines mining heritage in South Wales
- 2 mines mining heritage in East Midlands
Highlights
★ Iconic📷 4Mines & mining heritage · North West England
Honister Slate Mine
England's last working slate mine, in the Lake District since the 17th century.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Barking Market
Barking Market — market located in Barking in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Barnet Market
Barnet Market — market in High Barnet, London, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Brick Lane Market
Brick Lane Market — London market centered on Brick Lane in Tower Hamlets in east London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Brixton Market
Brixton Market — entirety of markets in Brixton south London: covered market areas in arcades and street markets.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Camden Market
Camden Market — series of market's within the London Borough of Camden.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Camden Passage
Camden Passage — pedestrian street in London, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Chrisp Street Market
Chrisp Street Market — pedestrian shopping area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Deptford Market
Deptford Market — marketplace in London, England, UK.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
East Street Market
East Street Market — market in Walworth, South London.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Greenwich Market
Greenwich Market — Covered Market in South London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Haynes Lane Collector's Market
Haynes Lane Collector's Market — indoor market off the Crystal Palace Triangle, in London, England, UK.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Honey Lane Market
Honey Lane Market — historic market near Cheapside in the City of London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Hungerford Market
Hungerford Market — market in central London, England.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Islington Farmers' Market
Islington Farmers' Market — Farmers' Market in London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market — covered market in London, located on Gracechurch Street.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Lower Marsh
Lower Marsh — street in Waterloo, London, UK.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Maltby Street Market
Maltby Street Market — weekly street market Bermondsey, South East London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Merton Abbey Mills
Merton Abbey Mills — former textile factory in the parish of Merton in London, England.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Metropolitan Cattle Market
Metropolitan Cattle Market — United Kingdom legislation.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Nag's Head Market
Nag's Head Market — street market in Holloway, London, England, UK.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Petticoat Lane Market
Petticoat Lane Market — clothing market in London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Piccadilly Market
Piccadilly Market is a mine in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Portobello Road Market
Portobello Road Market is a mine in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Queen's Crescent Market
Queen's Crescent Market — street market in Camden, London, England.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Queen's Market
Queen's Market — historic market in the London Borough of Newham.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Ridley Road Market
Ridley Road Market — marketplace in the London Borough of Hackney.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Romford Market
Romford Market — Large open market in Greater London.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Strutton Ground Market
Strutton Ground Market — small street market held on weekdays near Victoria, London.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Surrey Street Market
Surrey Street Market — street market located in Surrey Street, Croydon, south London.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Walthamstow Market
Walthamstow Market — daily outdoor market in London Borough of Waltham Forest.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · London
Whitecross Street
Whitecross Street — short street in Islington, London. It features an eponymous street market and a large housing estate.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South East England
Gurkha Square
Gurkha Square — square in Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Devon United Mine
Devon United Mine — mine in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Great Wheal Charlotte
Great Wheal Charlotte — Disused copper and tin mine in Cornwall, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Lambshouse and Gull Point Quarry
Lambshouse and Gull Point Quarry — Two disused slate quarries in Cornwall, England.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Mortar outcrop at Trenear, 9m north east of Poldark Mine entrance
Mortar outcrop at Trenear, 9m north east of Poldark Mine entrance — mine in Wendron, Cornwall, UK.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Silverbrook Mine
Silverbrook Mine — abandoned mine in Devon, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Wheal Maid
Wheal Maid — former mine in Cornwall, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Yarn Market, Dunster
Yarn Market, Dunster — Grade I listed building in West Somerset, England, UK.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Botallack Mines
Botallack Mines — a other in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Camborne School of Mines
Camborne School of Mines — a school heritage in england-south-west, United Kingdom.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · South West England
Hopewell Colliery
Hopewell Colliery — a other in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
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📷 5Mines & mining heritage · East Midlands
Castle Market
Castle Market — indoor market in Sheffield, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · East Midlands
Snibston
Snibston is an area and former civil parish east of Ravenstone, now in the parish of Ravenstone with Snibstone, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Ori
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · West Midlands
Mineworking Silhouette Wedge
Mineworking Silhouette Wedge — Public artwork (sculpture) by Philip Bews;Diane Gorvin.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Aislaby Quarry
Aislaby Quarry — sandstone quarry in North Yorkshire, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Bramley Fall stone
Bramley Fall stone is a mine in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Crossgates Quarry
Crossgates Quarry — mine in Crossgates, North Yorkshire, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Doncaster Market
Doncaster Market — market in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Market Place
Market Place — street and market place in Pickering, North Yorkshire, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Shambles Market
Shambles Market — market in York, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · Yorkshire & the Humber
Wensley Quarry
Wensley Quarry — quarry in North Yorkshire, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · North West England
Engine Vein Copper Mine
Engine Vein Copper Mine — a other in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · North West England
Bolton Market
Bolton Market — market in Greater Manchester, England.
📷 2Mines & mining heritage · North West England
Horton Quarry
Horton Quarry — limestone quarry in North Yorkshire, England.
📷 3Mines & mining heritage · North West England
Ribblehead Quarry
Ribblehead Quarry — former quarry in North Yorkshire, England.
📷 5Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Grinkle Mine
Grinkle Mine — former ironstone mine in North Yorkshire, England.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many mines & mining heritage are in this guide?
- We currently list 195 mines & mining heritage across the United Kingdom — every entry sourced from Wikipedia, Wikidata or OpenStreetMap and validated against our schema.
- Are these places free to visit?
- Many places in the guide are free to enter — almost every national museum, every public park and garden, every parish church and cathedral. Castles, historic houses and theme parks usually charge admission; National Trust and English Heritage members visit those properties free.
- Where does the data come from?
- Every entry is built from open data: OpenStreetMap (locations, tags, opening hours), Wikipedia (descriptions), Wikidata (structured facts and operator information), Wikimedia Commons (images), ONS open data (population). The site never makes runtime API calls — everything is fetched at build time and committed.
- How often is this updated?
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