real time web analytics
Report - - Chatterley Whitfield Colliery..Stoke On Trent, March 2020 | Industrial Sites | 28DaysLater.co.uk

Report - Chatterley Whitfield Colliery..Stoke On Trent, March 2020

Hide this ad by donating or subscribing !

Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Visited here with man gone wrong and janovitch. It's a place I have fancied seeing for a while now and even though we did not see it all I was pleased with what I did see. The place is a bit of a mission to do with cameras and fencing everywhere. But it was all worth it at the end of the day. Would have liked to have seen the loco shed and canteen/bath house.
Chatterley started mining for coal in the early 1800's, the pit was part off a large cluster of pits in the Staffordshire area. The pot buildings were substantially expanded over the years. It eventually became the biggest of the north Staffordshire coalfield. It was so big it produced a million tons of coal for sale in 1937, a record for the UK. It hit of a bit of a low peak during the 20s and 30s before hitting peak again during the second world war and some years after. It was as again extended to keep up with the times. In the 1950s cheap coal was started to be imported from abroad which badly affected the UK mines. Coal output more than halved by the mid 60s. Sadly some of the older pits were to become victim to this. And Chatterley closed down in 1977.
in 1977 though a charitable trust took over the colliery and set it up as a museum to mining, machinery and buildings were restored for visitors. And an underground experience was opened. The museum became the largest mining museum in the UK. The museum went into administration in 1993. It has laid derelict since, it's one of the most complete collieries around and is in the top ten most at risk sites in the UK. A trust has been set up but sadly the size of the site I think is just a tad too much for them.

Hesketh winding house.

To the side of the site is the large building that houses the winding house and power house. The winding house was my favourite bit with the nice greens and windows. Containing a nice steam winding engine.

918975


918976


918977


918978


918979


918980


918981


918982


918983


918984


918985


918986


918987


918988


Hesketh power house.

Situated next to the winding room is the power house. A large room filled with generating equipment and pumps used in the various pieces of machinery.

918989


918990


918991


918992


918993


918994


918995


918996


918997


918998


918999


919000


919001


919002


919003


919004


Continued..
 

Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
The boiler house.

Quite an impressive set of ten Lancashire boilers, to power steam to various buildings. The roof had been removed years ago so this left this to the elements making it a tad dangerous.

919005


919006


919007


919008


919009


919010


919011


919012


919013


919014


919015



The lamp house

The lamp house was built to replace an older one that was getting too small. I liked the orange colours and in here and some of the lamp holding shelves. The rails showed this was an the main entry into the museum. A shop would have been incorporated into this building as well.

919016


919017


919018


919019


919020


919021


919022


919023


919024


919025


919026


919027


919028


919029


919030


919031
 
D

Dragon_Urbex

Guest
Guest
Oh bugger me, these are very good photos. This one's still on my priority list! Hoping to do it in the next few months. Lovely work!
 

KPUrban_

Surprisingly Unsurprising
Regular User
Always good to see this place pop up. Would like to see that mural, at the end of your report, in person albeit have yet to find it.
 

Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Oh bugger me, these are very good photos. This one's still on my priority list! Hoping to do it in the next few months. Lovely work!
Thank you mate. It's deffo worth a lok. I heard they had trouble there with kids in the early summer trashing the hesketh house.
 

Jl.urbex

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
I'm really interested in this place myself, how much of it did u manage to get around?

Too far to just pop and have a look at the security lol.

Great explore though man, some hard work planning I bet. Some cool pics too
 

MK83

Wife and husband
28DL Full Member
Love this place. definitely on my list, although all the reports i've seen state it's a hard one to access it looks well worth it. Never noticed the Worsley Mesnes iron works log on the steam engine before, I grew up in this area and had no clue there used to be an iron works there making stuff like this. Stunning photo's.
 

Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
I'm really interested in this place myself, how much of it did u manage to get around?

Too far to just pop and have a look at the security lol.

Great explore though man, some hard work planning I bet. Some cool pics too
Pretty much what you see here. They had done a fresh round of sealing up. Thank you, I had some idea were what was. But just made our way around. But it's the same with any place with security, you take your chance. I mean this is over four hours from me.
 

Mikeymutt

28DL Regular User
Regular User
Love this place. definitely on my list, although all the reports i've seen state it's a hard one to access it looks well worth it. Never noticed the Worsley Mesnes iron works log on the steam engine before, I grew up in this area and had no clue there used to be an iron works there making stuff like this. Stunning photo's.
Thank you mate. It's a nightmare to navigate. I think you will find quite a few things got moved here from other closed pits as this was a museum.
 

Jl.urbex

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Haha
Pretty much what you see here. They had done a fresh round of sealing up. Thank you, I had some idea were what was. But just made our way around. But it's the same with any place with security, you take your chance. I mean this is over four hours from me.
Yeah that was a big risk you took!

I'll stop moaning and plan a visit. I'm only an hour away lol
 

Calamity Jane

i see beauty in the unloved, places & things
Regular User
Fab report. Quality photos. Its got lovely industry, decay , nature and great architecture. And even a couple of great toilet shots . Another nice back cat :thumb
 

Who has read this thread (Total: 206) View details

Top