Any Decent mines around Buckingham?

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bigdavevw
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12 years ago

Hi guys, i,m going to Buckingham to visit family net month and i,m wondering if there are any decent mines in the area?

Would anyone be up for a meet up?

Dave :thumbup:

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RJV
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12 years ago

As in Buckinghamshire? Christ alone knows... all I know about it is that's where Bletchley Park is which is likely more interesting than any mining in the area. Perhaps there's nothing else to know? :confused:

Tamarmole
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12 years ago

On a tangent you are not too far from Leighton Buzzard Light Railway - lots of interesting industrial locos at Stonehenge works.

BertyBasset
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12 years ago

Here you go www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=2591

Not a lot though..

AR
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12 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Wycombe_Caves

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remoteneeded
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12 years ago

The simple answer to your question is no. I live 30 mins from Buckingham and I normally drive at least two hours to get my underground fix, (passing through Buckingham on the way). You're really looking at driving 90+ minutes to Wilshire for the nearest easy to access mines.

Dr J
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12 years ago

As Remoteneeded says, really not much in that part of the world, in Bucks itself you're looking at the odd chalk mine, but all small-scale stuff, few larger mines in parts of Herts (around Ware, Hertford, Chadwell) but still nothing amazing. Ditto Norfolk, Essex

Was interesting stuff in Northamptonshire, but all now sealed, so you're looking at either Wilts as mentioned, Derbyshire, or the Godstone/Merstham mines in Surrey and the haunts of the Wealden Cave and Mine Soc...

West Wycombe aka Hellfire Caves are interesting, nice way of spending maybe couple of hours (though take everything you hear/are told with a large pinch of salt!)...or there's always the Chislehurst Caves (MINES)...whole truckload of salt needed for the 'history' told here! :lol:

J

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bigdavevw
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12 years ago

ah thats good to know. Looks like i,ll leave the kit here then 😞

Roger the Cat
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12 years ago

West Wycombe is an interesting afternoon out if you are interested in the Dashwood story and do St Lawrence's Church and the Mausoleum as well as the caves. The caves are really only an 18th century folly, but they are half-an-hour's fun for the family. Leighton Buzzard Light railway is fun as well, but with a serious side, and you can absorb the history of the sand quarries for which the railway was built. Would recommend 'Narrow Guage Tracks in the Sand' by Rod Dingwell. Should be obtainable at Pages Park bookshop.

Coggy
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11 years ago

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No. Mines only exist in t'North. The South is effete hairdressers and stock market traders.

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RJV
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11 years ago

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There are some holes in Buckinghamshire apparently.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-26010192

Not mining presumably but a least its not bleedin' TV licences either... ::)

Dr J
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11 years ago

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Interesting... If its Walters Ash, probably is mining-few chalk mines worked around that area, mainly associated with brick, tile, pottery-making... Certainly looks too much of a proper cavity to be a dissolution feature, damn impressive depth of collapse for us in the Home Counties! :thumbsup:

J

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Peter Burgess
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11 years ago

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When the man knocked on the door asking about his TV, Mr Jones remembered he had forgotten to keep up the payments, and his wish that the ground would swallow him up came true. 😉