This page lists some of the coal mines in Swannington and nearby villages.
Swannington Coal Mines
Coal mines within the current or former boundaries of Swannington.
Coleorton No 2 (Califat) 1853-1873
Colliery Owners – Benjamin Walker and William Worswick.
Location – Califat Spinney, St George’s Hill, Swannington.
Silver Hill approx 1690-1720
Colliery Owner – John Wilkins of Ravenstone Hall.
Location – Near the extension to Burtons Lane. Land owned by Cuckoo Gap.
Snibston No 3 1850-1880 and 1892-1895
Colliery Owners – Snibston Colliery Company
Location – Spring Lane, Swannington. Colliery House and donkey sheds area owned by Swannington Heritage Trust.
Raper and Fenton Mine
Colliery Owners – John Raper and William Fenton
Note – In use at the time of William Jessop’s 1794 tramway to the Charnwood Forest Canal.
Location – North side of Limby Hall Lane. Now a small woodland owned by Wyggeston Hospital Trust.
Swannington No 1 (Calcutta) 1861-1877
Colliery Owner – William Worswick.
Subsequent Usage – Calcutta Pumping Station 1877-1986.
Location – Talbot Lane, Swannington. Now owned by Roshal Space Consultants.
Swannington No 2 (Sinope) 1861-1877, 1891-1894, 1900-1902
Colliery Owner – for the main period of operation 1861-1877 William Worswick.
Subsequent Operation – 1891-1894 by Cox and Turner
Subsequent Operation 1900-1902 by the Snibston Colliery Company.
Location – Ashby Road, Sinope, Swannington, next to the Leicester and Swannington Railway. Now a park homes site.
Swannington No 3 (Clink) 1861-1877
Colliery Owner – William Worswick.
Location – Clink Lane, Swannington (note, Clink Lane was blocked under the railway line. It is opposite the Station Inn on Hough Hill, on private land.)
Coleorton Coal Mines
Bursulem’s Colliery
Location – North side of the A512 Ashby to Loughborough Road, to the west of the George Inn.
Coleorton No 1 (California) 1849-1873
Colliery Owners – Benjamin Walker and William Worswick.
Location – The playing field on Zion Hill, opposite the New Inn. There was also a brickworks at the site. Now owned by Coleorton Parish Council.
Coleorton No 3 (Bug and Wink) 1875-1933
Colliery Owners – G Checkland & Co.
Location – Coleorton Wood, Pitt Lane, Coleorton. Now owned by Coleorton Parish Council.
Paddock Colliery 18th century
Note – In use at the time of William Jessop’s 1794 tramway to the Charnwood Forest Canal.
Location – North side of what is now the A512 Ashby to Loughborough Road, opposite the former Coleorton Hall fish ponds.
Coalville
Snibston No 1 1831
Colliery Owners – Snibston Colliery Company (originally owned by George Stephenson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Joseph Sanders)
Colliery Location – Behind the Springboard Centre and library.
Snibston No 2 1833-1983
Colliery Owners – Snibston Colliery Company.
Location – Snibston Discovery Park, Chilswell Drive, Coalville.
Whitwick 1825-1986
Colliery Owners – William Stenson
Location – Whitwick Retail Park, Hermitage Road, Coalville.