British Coal Corporation

The National Coal Board's successor from 1987, which closed the Six Bells and Marine complex in 1988 and was itself wound up when the industry was privatised in 1994.

Mines operated

MineRegionYears
Abernant Colliery Neath Port Talbot 1987–1988
Annesley Colliery Nottinghamshire 1987–1994
Arkwright Colliery Derbyshire 1987–1988
Asfordby Colliery Leicestershire 1987–1994
Ashington Colliery Northumberland 1986–1988
Baddesley Colliery Warwickshire 1987–1989
Bilston Glen Colliery Midlothian 1987–1989
Brodsworth Colliery South Yorkshire 1987–1990
Calverton Colliery Nottinghamshire 1987–1993
Cotgrave Colliery Nottinghamshire 1987–1993
Cwmgwili Colliery Carmarthenshire 1987–1992
Darfield Main Colliery South Yorkshire 1987–1989
Donisthorpe Colliery Leicestershire 1987–1990
Ellistown Colliery Leicestershire 1987–1991
Hemingfield Colliery South Yorkshire 1987–1989
Lady Windsor Colliery Rhondda Cynon Taf 1987–1988
Linby Colliery Nottinghamshire 1987–1988
Nailstone Colliery Leicestershire 1987–1991
North Selby Mine North Yorkshire 1987–1994
Seaham Colliery County Durham 1986–1988
Shirebrook Colliery Derbyshire 1987–1993
Silverwood Colliery South Yorkshire 1987–1994
Six Bells Colliery Blaenau Gwent 1987–1988
Stillingfleet Mine North Yorkshire 1987–1994
Sutton Manor Colliery Merseyside 1987–1991
Trelewis Drift Mine Merthyr Tydfil 1987–1989
Whitemoor Mine North Yorkshire 1987–1994

Record created: 24 August 2026 · Last researched: 24 August 2026

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