Guidance

Coal mining data: shallow coal workings

Description of the data set showing underground coal workings whose depth is 30 metres or less from the surface.

• From: Coal Authority and Mining Remediation Authority
• Published: 9 October 2014
• Last updated: 9 February 2024
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  1. 9 February 2024

     User guide document and link to metadata on data.gov.uk added

  2. 25 April 2019

     Added Past Shallow Mine Workings Metadata xml file

  3. 9 October 2014

     First published.

Documents

Shallow coal workings data set: User guide

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This document provides information for users on the national shallow coal workings data set.

It outlines why the data set was created and its potential uses.

Technical information regarding the geographic information system (GIS) and how the data was created is described, and information on how to use the data set is provided.

View the metadata details for this data set.

View the Mining Remediation Authority’s map viewer.