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Hopewell Colliery Coal Mine (United Kingdom)


One of the collieries in the Forest of Dean operated by the Forest of Dean Freeminers. Hopewell is now run principally as a mining museum although very small tonnages are still removed from parts of the workings.

The Hopewell workings are very old and it is one of the mines that William Smith acted as consultant on in the early years of the 19th century. Smith was the inventor of the system of geological mapping now in common use and the 'father' of British geology.

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Hopewell Colliery Visit
Hopewell Colliery Visit (15 photos)
Last updated August 20th 2012 by ICLOK
Photographs Of Hopewell Colliery
Photographs Of Hopewell Colliery (14 photos)
Last updated October 14th 2009 by ragl
Historic Photographs Of Hopewell Colliery
Historic Photographs Of Hopewell Colliery (0 photos)
Last updated June 27th 2008 by sparty_lea

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Other location/mapping information:

Latitude: 51.7998
Longitude: -2.57567
Landranger grid reference: SO604114
Easting: 360400
Northing: 211400

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Major Mining Region



Hopewell Colliery Coal Mine belongs to the Forest of Dean region.