Colliery closures
Full list of the collieries which have closed since March 1984 when the miners' strike began. 
  
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CLOSURES IN 1984, MARCH ONWARDS 
  
Bearpark, Co Durham  
Cronton, Merseyside 
 
  
CLOSURES IN 1985 
  
Aberpergwm, South Wales 
Abertillery, South Wales 
Ackton Hall, Yorkshire 
Bedwas, South Wales 
Bold, Merseyside 
Brenkley, Tyne and Wear 
Brookhouse, Yorkshire 
Cortonwood, Yorkshire 
Emley Moor, Yorkshire 
Fryston, Yorkshire 
Garw, South Wales 
Haig, Cumbria 
Herrington, Co Durham 
Margam, South Wales 
Moor Green, Nottinghamshire 
Penrhiwceiber, South Wales 
Pye Hill, Nottinghamshire 
Sacriston, Co Durham 
St Johns, South Wales 
Savile, Yorkshire 
Treforgan, South Wales 
Wolstanton, Staffordshire 
Yorkshire Main, Yorkshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1986 
  
Babbington, Nottinghamshire 
Bates, Northumberland 
Bersham, North Wales 
Birch Coppice, Warwickshire 
Cadeby, Yorkshire 
Comrie, Fife 
Cwm, South Wales 
Eppleton, Co Durham 
Glasshoughton, Yorkshire 
Horden, Co Durham 
Kinsley, Yorkshire 
Ledston Luck, Yorkshire 
Nantgarw / Winsor, South Wales 
Polkemmet, West Lothian 
Tilmanstone, Kent 
Whitwell, Nottinghamshire 
Whitwick/ South Leicester, Leicestershire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1987 
   
Killoch, Scottland 
Newstead, Nottinghamshire 
Nostell, Yorkshire 
Polmaise 3/4, Stirling 
Snowdown, Kent 
Wheldale, Yorkshire 
Whittal, Co Durham 
Woolley, Yorkshire 
 
 
CLOSURES IN 1988 
  
Abernant, South Wales 
Arkwright, Derbyshire 
Ashington, Northumberland 
Cadley Hill, Derbyshire 
Lady Winsor / Abercynon, South Wales 
Linby, Nottinghamshire 
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 
Manvers complex, Yorkshire 
Seafield/ Frances, Fife 
South Kirkby/ Riddings, Yorkshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1989 
  
Baddesley, Warwickshire 
Barnburgh, Yorkshire 
Barony, Scottland 
Betteshanger, Kent 
Bilston Glen, Mid Lothian 
Blidworth, Nottinghamshire 
Cynheidre, South Wales 
Holditch, Staffordshire 
Marine/ Six Bells, South Wales 
Merthyr Vale, South Wales 
Oakdale, South Wales 
Renishaw Park, Yorkshire 
Royston, Yorkshire 
Sutton, Nottinghamshire 
Trelewis, South Wales 
Warsop, Nottinghamshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1990 
   
Agecroft, Lancashire 
Ellistown, Leicestershire 
Lea Hall, Staffordshire 
Littleton, Staffordshire 
Shireoaks/ Steetley, Nottinghamshire 
Treeton, Yorkshire 
Donnisthorpe/ Rawdon, Leicestershire 
Florence, Cumbria 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1991 
   
Askern, Yorkshire 
Bagworth, Leicestershire 
Barnsley Main, Yorkshire 
Creswell, Derbyshire 
Dawdon, Co Durham 
Dearne Valley, Yorkshire 
Deep Navigation, South Wales 
Denby Grange, Yorkshire 
Dinnington, Yorkshire 
Gedling, Nottinghamshire 
Murton, Co Durham 
Penallta, South Wales 
Sutton Manor, Merseyside 
Thurcroft, Yorkshire 
 
 
CLOSURES IN 1992 
   
Allerton Bywater, Yorkshire 
Bickershaw Complex, Lancashire 
Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire 
Sherwood, Nottinghamshire 
Shirebrook, Derbyshire 
Silverhill, Nottinghamshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1993 
  
Bentley, Yorkshire 
Bolsover, Derbyshire 
Easington, Co Durham 
Frickley/S Elmsall, Yorkshire 
Grimethorpe, Yorkshire 
Houghton/Darfield, Yorkshire 
Parkside, Merseyside 
Rufford, Nottinghamshire 
Sharlston, Yorkshire 
Taff Merthyr, South Wales 
Vane Tempest/ Seaham, Co Durham 
Westoe, Tyne and Wear 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1994 
   
Goldthorpe/ Hickelton, Yorkshire 
Kiveton Park, Yorkshire 
Markham, Derbyshire 
Manton, Nottinghamshire 
Ollerton, Nottinghamshire 
Wearmouth, Co Durham 
Silverwood, Yorkshire 
 
  
CLOSURES IN 1995 
   
Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1996 
   
Coventry, West Midlands 
Hem Heath, Staffordshire 
Markham Main, Yorkshire 
Point of Ayr, North Wales 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1997 
   
Asfordby, Leicestershire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1998 
   
Silverdale, Staffordshire 
Monktonhall, Mid Lothian 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 1999 
   
Calverton, Nottinghamshire 
North Selby, Yorkshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2000 
   
Annesley / Bentinck, Nottinghamshire 
Blaenant, South Wales 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2001 
 
No collieries closed this year 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2002 
   
Longannet complex, Fife 
Prince of Wales, Yorkshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2003 
   
Betws, South Wales 
Clipstone, Nottinghamshire 
 
  
CLOSURES IN 2004 
   
Gascoigne Wood, Yorkshire 
Riccall, Selby Complex, Yorkshire 
Stillingfleet, Selby Complex, Yorkshire 
Wistow, Selby Complex, Yorkshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2005 
   
Ellington, Northumberland 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2006 
   
Harworth, Nottinghamshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2007 
   
Rossington, Yorkshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2008 
   
Tower, South Wales 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2009 
 
No collieries closed this year 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2010 
 
No collieries closed this year 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2011 
   
Welbeck, Nottinghamshire 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2012 
 
No collieries closed this year 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2013 
   
Daw Mill, West Midlands 
Maltby, Yorkshire 
 
  
CLOSURES IN 2014 
 
No collieries closed this year 
  
 
CLOSURES IN 2015 
   
Hatfield, Yorkshire 
Kellingley, Yorkshire (Last Deep Coal Mine) 
Thoresby, Nottinghamshire 
 
 
 
All Deep Mines Closed 2015 
 
Kellingley Colliery, Yorkshire 
  
The last deep coal mine to close in the UK. 
  
December 2015