The Friends of Hemingfield Colliery is a group formally established in February 2014 as a company limited by guarantee (08876249) – the form of organisation widely used by not-for-profit and charitable organisations.
Developed by Earl Fitzwilliam in the 1840s, the site is a remarkable survival of the end of the Nationalised Coal industry and an important landmark bearing testament to the lives of working people and industry of the whole area from Victorian times to the present day.
Future Plans
The Friends have produced an updated planning Document and brief to potential supporters to help us repaor and conserve the site.
Our Story
After suffering significant neglect, theft and vandalism in more recent times, the site was in danger of being lost forever when UK Coal announced their bankruptcy in 2013, and the pit fell into the hands of the receivers.
This led to the establishment of the Friends, a group of individuals determined to save the site and to build a new future for it which respected the important industrial and social heritage, but would also provide opportunities for volunteering and community engagement.
In December 2013 the group made an offer to purchase the site to safeguard it but the transaction didn’t complete until June 2014. The Friends of Hemingfield Colliery is eager to press forward with its plans to repair, refurbish and reuse the buildings and the site.
Before and After – Volunteers in Action
Get in Touch!
Postal Address:
Friends of Hemingfield Colliery,
c/o 6 Pit Row,
Hemingfield,
Barnsley,
South Yorkshire
S73 0NX
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