National Coal Board
The National Coal Board was the state body created by the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 to take over Britain's coal mines from 1 January 1947, bringing some 1,600 pits and over a million acres of land into public ownership. It was renamed British Coal Corporation in 1987 ahead of the industry's privatisation in 1994.
In Mining Terms & Methods
Mines operated
| Mine | Region | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Aberaman Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1962 |
| Aberbaiden Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1959 |
| Abercrave Colliery | Powys | 1947–1967 |
| Abercwmboi Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1962 |
| Abercynon Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1988 |
| Abernant Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1954–1987 |
| Aberpergwm Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1985 |
| Acomb Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1952 |
| Agecroft Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1991 |
| Aitken Colliery | Fife | 1947–1963 |
| Aldwarke Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1961 |
| Alfreton Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1968 |
| Allerton Bywater Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1992 |
| Altofts Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1966 |
| Alvecote Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–? |
| Alveley Colliery | Shropshire | 1947–1969 |
| Amington Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–? |
| Ammanford Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1976 |
| Annesley Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1987 |
| Ansley Hall Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1964 |
| Argyll Colliery, Machrihanish | Argyll and Bute | 1947–1967 |
| Arkwright Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1987 |
| Arley Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1968 |
| Ashington Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1986 |
| Askern Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Auchengeich Colliery | North Lanarkshire | 1947–1965 |
| Auchincruive Colliery | South Ayrshire | 1947–1973 |
| Auchlochan Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–1968 |
| Auckland Park Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1946 |
| B Winning Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1964 |
| Baads Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1962 |
| Babbington Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1986 |
| Backworth Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1980 |
| Baddesley Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1987 |
| Balgonie Colliery | Fife | 1947–1960 |
| Bank Hall Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1971 |
| Bankton Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–? |
| Bannockburn Colliery | Stirling | 1947–1953 |
| Barley Hall Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1974 |
| Barnsley Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Barony Colliery | East Ayrshire | 1947–1989 |
| Bates Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1986 |
| Beamish Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1966 |
| Bearpark Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1984 |
| Bedford Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1967 |
| Bedlington 'D' Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1968 |
| Bedlinog Colliery | Merthyr Tydfil | 1947–1956 |
| Bedwas Navigation Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1985 |
| Beech Tree Colliery | West Midlands | 1947–1958 |
| Benarty Colliery | Fife | 1947–1959 |
| Bentley Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1993 |
| Berry Hill Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1960 |
| Betteshanger Colliery | Kent | 1947–1989 |
| Betws Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1978–1993 |
| Beynon Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1975 |
| Bickershaw Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1992 |
| Big Pit | Torfaen | 1947–1980 |
| Bilsthorpe Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1986 |
| Bilston Glen Colliery | Midlothian | 1952–1987 |
| Birchrock Colliery | Swansea | 1947–1978 |
| Black Park Colliery | Wrexham | 1947–1949 |
| Blackwell Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1969 |
| Blaenant Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1990 |
| Blaenhirwaun Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1962 |
| Blairenbathie Colliery | Perth and Kinross | 1947–1962 |
| Blairhall Colliery | Fife | 1947–1969 |
| Blairmuckhill Colliery | North Lanarkshire | 1947–1959 |
| Blantyreferme Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–? |
| Blaydon Burn Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1956 |
| Blidworth Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1989 |
| Blucher Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1956 |
| Bogside Colliery | Fife | 1957–1986 |
| Bolsover Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1993 |
| Bomarsund Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1965 |
| Bothwell Castle Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–? |
| Bowburn Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1967 |
| Bowhill Colliery | Fife | 1947–1965 |
| Brackley Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1964 |
| Bradford Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1968 |
| Brancepeth Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1967 |
| Brandon Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Braysdown Colliery | Somerset | 1947–1959 |
| Brereton Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1960 |
| Britannia Colliery, Pengam | Caerphilly | 1947–1989 |
| Britannic Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1960 |
| Brodsworth Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Bromley Colliery | Somerset | 1947–1957 |
| Brookhill Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1969 |
| Brookhouse Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Broomhill Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1961 |
| Brucefield Colliery | Clackmannanshire | 1947–1961 |
| Brynhenllys Colliery | Powys | 1947–1955 |
| Brynkinalt Colliery | Wrexham | 1947–1968 |
| Brynlliw Colliery | Swansea | 1947–1983 |
| Bullcliffe Wood Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Bullcroft Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1970 |
| Bullhouse Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Burghlee Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1964 |
| Burnhope Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1949 |
| Burnopfield Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Burradon Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1975 |
| Byermoor Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1968 |
| Cadley Hill Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1988 |
| Calderhead Colliery | North Lanarkshire | 1947–? |
| Calverton Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1987 |
| Cambois Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1968 |
| Camerton Colliery | Somerset | 1947–1950 |
| Cannock Chase No. 8 Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1962 |
| Cannock and Leacroft Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1967 |
| Carberry Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–1960 |
| Cardowan Colliery | North Lanarkshire | 1947–1983 |
| Carway Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1960 |
| Castlebridge Colliery | Clackmannanshire | 1978–1987 |
| Castlehill Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–? |
| Castlehill Mine | Fife | 1965–1990 |
| Cefn Coed Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1968 |
| Celynen Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1985 |
| Chanters Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1966 |
| Chatterley Whitfield Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1976 |
| Chilton Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1966 |
| Chislet Colliery | Kent | 1947–1969 |
| Chisnall Hall Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1967 |
| Choppington 'A' Pit | Northumberland | 1947–1966 |
| Choppington 'B' Pit | Northumberland | 1947–1966 |
| Cilely Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1950 |
| Clay Cross Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–? |
| Clifton Colliery, Great Clifton | Cumbria | 1947–1959 |
| Coedely Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1986 |
| Coegnant Colliery | Bridgend | 1947–1981 |
| Comrie Colliery | Fife | 1947–1986 |
| Conduit Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1951 |
| Copy Pit Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1964 |
| Cornsay Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1953 |
| Coronation Pit, Walbottle | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1954 |
| Cortonwood Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Cossall Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1966 |
| Cotgrave Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1955–1987 |
| Coventry Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1991 |
| Craghead Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1969 |
| Creswell Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1991 |
| Crigglestone Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Cronton Colliery | Merseyside | 1947–1984 |
| Cross Hands Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1962 |
| Crynant Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1956 |
| Cwm Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1986 |
| Cwm Cynon Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1949 |
| Cwmcarn Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1968 |
| Cwmgorse Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1965 |
| Cwmgwili Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1960–1987 |
| Cwmgwrach Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–? |
| Cwmllynfell Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1959 |
| Cwmneol Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1948 |
| Cwmtillery Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1982 |
| Cynheidre Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1954–1989 |
| Dalquharran Colliery | South Ayrshire | 1951–1977 |
| Darfield Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Darton Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Daw Mill Colliery | Warwickshire | 1956–? |
| Dawdon Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1991 |
| Deaf Hill Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1967 |
| Deep Duffryn Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1979 |
| Deerplay Colliery | Lancashire | 1948–1968 |
| Denby Grange Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Denby Hall Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1968 |
| Desford Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1984 |
| Dexter Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1986 |
| Dinnington Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1992 |
| Dodworth Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Donisthorpe Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1987 |
| Douglas Castle Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–? |
| Dudley Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1977 |
| Duffryn Rhondda Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1966 |
| Dumbreck Colliery | North Lanarkshire | 1947–1963 |
| Dundonald Colliery | Fife | 1947–1964 |
| Dunraven Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1959 |
| Earlseat Colliery | Fife | 1947–1958 |
| Easington Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1993 |
| East Ardsley Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| East Benhar Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1957 |
| East Cannock Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1957 |
| East Hedley Hope Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1959 |
| East Hetton Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1983 |
| Eastern United Colliery | Forest of Dean | 1947–1959 |
| Eden Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1980 |
| Elemore Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1974 |
| Elgin and Wellwood Colliery | Fife | 1947–1950 |
| Ellerbeck Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1965 |
| Ellesmere Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1968 |
| Ellistown Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1987 |
| Emma Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1968 |
| Eppleton Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1986 |
| Esh Winning Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Fauldhead Colliery | Dumfries and Galloway | 1947–1968 |
| Felinfran Colliery | Swansea | 1947–1965 |
| Fence Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1957 |
| Ferndale Collieries | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1960 |
| Ferrymoor Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Ffaldydre Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1963 |
| Fforchaman Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1965 |
| Firbeck Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1968 |
| Fishburn Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1973 |
| Fleets Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–1959 |
| Florence Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1987 |
| Follonsby Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1974 |
| Foulshiels Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1957 |
| Frances Colliery | Fife | 1947–1988 |
| Fryston Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Garesfield Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1960 |
| Garn Colliery, Blaenavon | Torfaen | 1947–1966 |
| Garngoch Colliery | Swansea | 1947–1965 |
| Garth Colliery, Tonmawr | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1964 |
| Garw Colliery | Bridgend | 1947–1985 |
| Gascoigne Wood Mine | North Yorkshire | 1983–1997 |
| Gedling Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1991 |
| Gellyceidrim Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1957 |
| Gibfield Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1963 |
| Gillhead Colliery | Cumbria | 1947–1959 |
| Gin Pit Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1958 |
| Glanamman Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1948 |
| Glapwell Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1974 |
| Glencraig Colliery | Fife | 1947–1966 |
| Glenrhondda Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1966 |
| Glentaggart Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–1969 |
| Gloria Colliery, Hartley | Northumberland | 1947–1951 |
| Glyn Pits, Pontypool | Torfaen | 1947–1949 |
| Glyncastle Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1965 |
| Glynogwr Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1949 |
| Goldthorpe Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1994 |
| Graig Colliery, Pentrebach | Merthyr Tydfil | 1947–? |
| Grange Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1962 |
| Grassmoor Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1950 |
| Great Mountain Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1962 |
| Great Western Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1983 |
| Greenrigg Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1960 |
| Griff Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1960 |
| Groesfaen Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1968 |
| Gwaun Cae Gurwen Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1962 |
| Hafod Colliery | Wrexham | 1947–1967 |
| Hafodyrynys Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1966 |
| Hamsteels Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1958 |
| Hamsterley Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Handen Hold Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Handsworth Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1988 |
| Hapton Valley Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1982 |
| Harraton Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1965 |
| Hartford Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1961 |
| Hartington Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–? |
| Harworth Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1994 |
| Haunchwood Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1967 |
| Hauxley Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1966 |
| Hawthorn Combined Mine | County Durham | 1960–1992 |
| Haydock Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–? |
| Hazlerigg Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1964 |
| Hem Heath Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1987 |
| Hemingfield Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Hemsworth Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1967 |
| Herrington Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1985 |
| Hetton Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1950 |
| Heworth Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1963 |
| Hickleton Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1994 |
| Highgate Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Highhouse Colliery | East Ayrshire | 1947–1983 |
| Hill Top Colliery | Lancashire | 1948–1966 |
| Hoddlesden Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1961 |
| Holditch Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1990 |
| Holly Bank Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1952 |
| Holmewood Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1968 |
| Horden Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1987 |
| Houghton Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1981 |
| Houghton Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Howe Bridge Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1959 |
| Hucknall Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1986 |
| Huncoat Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1968 |
| Hylton Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1979 |
| Ince Moss Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1962 |
| Ingham Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1948 |
| International Colliery, Abercrave | Powys | 1947–1967 |
| Ireland Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1986 |
| Isabella Colliery, Blyth | Northumberland | 1947–1966 |
| Jenny Gray Colliery | Fife | 1947–1959 |
| John Pit | Greater Manchester | 1947–1954 |
| Kames Colliery | East Ayrshire | 1947–1968 |
| Kay's Slope | Torfaen | 1947–1958 |
| Kellingley Colliery | North Yorkshire | 1965–1994 |
| Kemball Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1963 |
| Kemberton Colliery | Shropshire | 1947–1967 |
| Kibblesworth Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1974 |
| Killoch Colliery | East Ayrshire | 1952–1987 |
| Killochan Colliery | South Ayrshire | 1947–1967 |
| Kilmersdon Colliery | Somerset | 1947–1973 |
| Kilnhurst Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1989 |
| Kinglassie Colliery | Fife | 1947–1966 |
| Kingshill No. 3 Colliery | South Lanarkshire | 1947–1975 |
| Kinneil Colliery | Falkirk | 1947–1982 |
| Kinsley Drift | West Yorkshire | 1976–1986 |
| Kirkby Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1968 |
| Kirkford Colliery | Fife | 1947–? |
| Kiveton Park Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1994 |
| Lady Victoria Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1981 |
| Lady Windsor Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1987 |
| Lambton Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1965 |
| Langton Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1968 |
| Langwith Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1978 |
| Lea Green Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1964 |
| Ledston Luck Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1986 |
| Lewis Merthyr Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1983 |
| Leycett Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1957 |
| Limeylands Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–? |
| Linby Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1987 |
| Lingerwood Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1967 |
| Linton Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1968 |
| Littleton Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1993 |
| Llanbradach Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1961 |
| Llandebie Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1958 |
| Llanerch Colliery | Torfaen | 1947–1947 |
| Llanharan Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1962 |
| Llanhilleth Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1969 |
| Llantrisant Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–? |
| Llay Main Colliery | Wrexham | 1947–1966 |
| Lochhead Colliery | Fife | 1947–1970 |
| Lofthouse Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1981 |
| Loganlea Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1959 |
| Longannet Colliery | Fife | 1969–1994 |
| Longhirst Drift | Northumberland | 1954–1969 |
| Louisa Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1964 |
| Lowca Colliery | Cumbria | 1947–1968 |
| Lumley Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1966 |
| Lumphinnans No 1 Colliery | Fife | 1947–1957 |
| Lumphinnans XI and XII Colliery | Fife | 1947–1966 |
| Maindy Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1948 |
| Mainsforth Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Mamble Colliery | Worcestershire | 1947–1950 |
| Mansfield Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1988 |
| Mapperley Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1965 |
| Maritime Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1961 |
| Markham Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1994 |
| Markham Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1994 |
| Marley Hill Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1983 |
| Martholme Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1949 |
| Mary Colliery, Lochore | Fife | 1947–1966 |
| Maxwell Colliery, Dailly | South Ayrshire | 1950–1973 |
| Maypole Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1959 |
| Mayshill Colliery | Gloucestershire | ?–1949 |
| McLaren Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1969 |
| Measham Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1986 |
| Medomsley Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1972 |
| Merrylees Drift Mine | Leicestershire | 1947–1974 |
| Michael Colliery | Fife | 1947–1967 |
| Mickley Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–? |
| Mill Pit, Blyth | Northumberland | 1947–1969 |
| Minto Pit | Fife | 1947–1967 |
| Mitchell Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1956 |
| Moira Collieries | Leicestershire | 1947–1987 |
| Monk Bretton Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1968 |
| Montagu Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1959 |
| Moorgreen Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1985 |
| Morlais Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1981 |
| Morrison Busty Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1973 |
| Mosley Common Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1968 |
| Mossbeath Colliery | Fife | 1947–1961 |
| Mossfield Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1963 |
| Muircockhall Colliery | Fife | 1947–1969 |
| Mynydd Newydd Colliery | Swansea | 1947–1955 |
| Nailstone Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1987 |
| Netherseal Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–? |
| Netherton Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1974 |
| New Lount Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1968 |
| New Rock Colliery | Somerset | 1947–1968 |
| Newbottle Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1956 |
| Newlands Colliery | Bridgend | 1947–1968 |
| Newstead Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1987 |
| Niddrie Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1968 |
| Nook Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1965 |
| North Gawber Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| North Selby Mine | North Yorkshire | 1976–1987 |
| North Walbottle Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1968 |
| Northfield Colliery | North Lanarkshire | 1947–? |
| Nostell Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Nunnery Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1953 |
| Ogilvie Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1975 |
| Old Mills Colliery | Somerset | 1947–1966 |
| Ollerton Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1995 |
| Onllwyn Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1964 |
| Ormonde Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1970 |
| Oxcroft Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1974 |
| Pantyffynnon Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1969 |
| Parkhall Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1962 |
| Parkhouse Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1962 |
| Parsonage Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1992 |
| Peckfield Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1980 |
| Pelton Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1965 |
| Pemberton Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1966 |
| Penallta Colliery | Caerphilly | 1947–1991 |
| Pendlebury Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1961 |
| Pennyvenie Colliery | East Ayrshire | 1947–1978 |
| Penrikyber Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1985 |
| Pentreclwydau Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1967 |
| Pinxton Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1950 |
| Pleasley Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1983 |
| Pochin Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1964 |
| Pooley Hall Colliery | Warwickshire | 1947–1965 |
| Prestongrange Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–1962 |
| Pwllbach Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–? |
| Pwllfaron Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1947 |
| Pye Hill Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1985 |
| Randolph Colliery | Fife | 1947–1968 |
| Ravenhead Colliery | Merseyside | 1947–1968 |
| Reedley Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1960 |
| Renishaw Park Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–? |
| Rhigos Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1965 |
| Riccall Mine | North Yorkshire | 1978–1994 |
| Riddochhill Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1968 |
| Ripley Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1949 |
| Risca New Pit | Caerphilly | 1947–1967 |
| Risehow Colliery | Cumbria | 1947–1966 |
| Rishton Colliery | Lancashire | 1955–1970 |
| Rising Sun Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1969 |
| Robin Hood Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1946–? |
| Rockingham Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1979 |
| Roddymoor Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1963 |
| Rose Heyworth Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1985 |
| Rosie Colliery | Fife | 1947–1953 |
| Roslin Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1969 |
| Rothes Colliery | Fife | 1947–1962 |
| Rothwell Haigh Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1983 |
| Roundwood Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Rufford Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1986 |
| Ryhope Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1966 |
| Sacriston Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1985 |
| Sandhole Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1962 |
| Sanquhar Coalfield | Dumfries and Galloway | 1947–1980 |
| Savile Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Scaitcliffe Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1962 |
| Seafield Colliery | Fife | 1954–1988 |
| Seaham Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1986 |
| Seaton Burn Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1965 |
| Seaton Delaval Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1960 |
| Seghill Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1962 |
| Seven Sisters Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1963 |
| Sharlston Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Sherburn Hill Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1965 |
| Sherwood Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1992 |
| Shilbottle Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1982 |
| Shipley Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–? |
| Shirebrook Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1987 |
| Shireoaks Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1990 |
| Shotton Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1972 |
| Shuttle Eye Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1973 |
| Silverdale Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1994 |
| Silverhill Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1986 |
| Silverwood Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Six Bells Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1987 |
| Smeaton Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1978 |
| Smithy Wood Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1986 |
| Sneyd Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1962 |
| Snowdown Colliery | Kent | 1947–1987 |
| Snydale Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1965 |
| Solsgirth Colliery | Clackmannanshire | 1965–1987 |
| Solway Colliery | Cumbria | 1947–1973 |
| South Bantaskine Colliery | Falkirk | 1947–1959 |
| South Garesfield Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1960 |
| South Leicester Colliery | Leicestershire | 1947–1983 |
| South Normanton Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–? |
| South Pelaw Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1964 |
| St George's Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1964 |
| St Helen's Colliery, Siddick | Cumbria | 1947–1966 |
| St John's Colliery | Bridgend | 1947–1985 |
| Stargate Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1963 |
| Steetley Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1983 |
| Stillingfleet Mine | North Yorkshire | 1976–1987 |
| Sundrum Colliery | South Ayrshire | 1947–1961 |
| Sutton Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1989 |
| Sutton Manor Colliery | Merseyside | 1947–1986 |
| Swanwick Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1968 |
| Tarenni Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1949 |
| Taylor Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–? |
| Team Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1973 |
| Teversal Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–? |
| Thoresby Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1994 |
| Thorncliffe Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1955 |
| Thorne Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1956 |
| Thrislington Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1967 |
| Throckley Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1954 |
| Thurcroft Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1991 |
| Tower Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1994 |
| Towneley Colliery | Lancashire | 1947–1949 |
| Trelewis Drift Mine | Merthyr Tydfil | 1954–1987 |
| Trimdon Grange Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Trimsaran Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1954 |
| Tursdale Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1966 |
| Ty Trist Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1959 |
| Tylorstown Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1947–1960 |
| Tymawr Colliery | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1958–1983 |
| Tynemount Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–1952 |
| Upton Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1964 |
| Urpeth Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1957 |
| Ushaw Moor Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1960 |
| Usworth Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1974 |
| Valleyfield Colliery | Fife | 1947–1978 |
| Varteg Hill Colliery | Torfaen | 1947–? |
| Victoria Colliery, Biddulph | Staffordshire | 1947–1982 |
| Victoria Pit, West Wemyss | Fife | 1947–? |
| Wallyford Colliery | East Lothian | 1947–? |
| Wardley Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1974 |
| Washington F Pit | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1968 |
| Washington Glebe Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1972 |
| Water Haigh Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1970 |
| Watergate Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1964 |
| Waterside Colliery | East Ayrshire | 1947–1978 |
| Wath Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1988 |
| Watnall Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–1950 |
| Waunllwyd Colliery | Blaenau Gwent | 1947–1964 |
| Weetslade Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1966 |
| Welbeck Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–? |
| Wentworth Silkstone Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1978 |
| Wernos Colliery | Carmarthenshire | 1947–1965 |
| Werntarw Colliery | Bridgend | 1947–1964 |
| Westoe Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1993 |
| Westthorpe Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1984 |
| Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1966 |
| Wheatley Hill Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1968 |
| Wheldale Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Whitburn Colliery | Tyne and Wear | 1947–1968 |
| Whitehill Colliery | Midlothian | 1947–1962 |
| Whitemoor Mine | North Yorkshire | 1976–1987 |
| Whitrigg Colliery | West Lothian | 1947–1972 |
| Whittle Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1987 |
| Whitwell Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1986 |
| Whitwood Colliery | West Yorkshire | 1947–? |
| Wigan Junction Colliery | Greater Manchester | 1947–1962 |
| William Pit | Cumbria | 1947–1954 |
| Williamthorpe Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1970 |
| Wimblebury Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–? |
| Windsor Colliery | Caerphilly | 1946–1986 |
| Wingate Grange Colliery | County Durham | 1947–1962 |
| Wingfield Manor Colliery | Derbyshire | 1947–1963 |
| Wistow Mine | North Yorkshire | 1983–1997 |
| Wollaton Colliery | Nottinghamshire | 1947–? |
| Wolstanton Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1986 |
| Wombwell Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1969 |
| Woodhorn Colliery | Northumberland | 1947–1981 |
| Woolley Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1987 |
| Wyndham Western Colliery | Bridgend | 1947–1984 |
| Wyrley No. 3 Colliery | Staffordshire | 1947–1963 |
| Yniscedwyn Colliery | Powys | 1947–1968 |
| Ynysarwed Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1955 |
| Yorkshire Main Colliery | South Yorkshire | 1947–1985 |
| Ystalyfera Colliery | Neath Port Talbot | 1947–1957 |
| Zetland Colliery | Clackmannanshire | 1947–1960 |