Mines & mining heritage · Central Scotland
Longannet coal mine
In or near Airth.
Longannet coal mine in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Colin Pyle — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Kinneil Halt · 6.4 km
About
Longannet coal mine is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Longannet coal mine was a deep mine complex in Fife, Scotland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Longannet was the remnant of three mines, established in the 1960s. Built on the north side of the Firth of Forth, east of Kincardine, it connected with the Bogside, Castlehill and Solsgirth Collieries, forming a single, 5 mi tunnel. They provided fuel for the nearby, 2,400MW Longannet power station. The Bogside Colliery closed in the 1980s, and by the early 1990s, the Castlehill and Solsgirth coal reserves were exhausted. Production continued from the Castlebridge area. On privatisation of the coal industry, the complex passed into the ownership of Mining Scotland and later Scottish Coal (Deep Mine) Ltd. As of 2008, opencast coal mining continued in Scotland, with 51.4% of Great Britain's…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.0586, -3.6922
- District
- Fife
- Postcode
- FK10 4AP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dunfermline and Dollar
- Nearest railway station
- Kinneil Halt — 6.4 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q6673590 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Longannet coal mine (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Longannet coal mine?
- Longannet coal mine is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode FK10 4AP).
- What is Longannet coal mine?
- Longannet coal mine in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Longannet coal mine?
- The nearest railway station is Kinneil Halt, about 6.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode FK10 4AP.
- How do I get to Longannet coal mine?
- The nearest railway station is Kinneil Halt, about 6.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode FK10 4AP.