Site of Oakthorpe Colliery
Willesley Woods, Willesley Wood Side, North West Leicestershire LE65 2UP, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 432 yards away.
Address is taken from a point 432 yards away.
Site of Oakthorpe Colliery
is a minor waterways place
on the Ashby Canal (unrestored) between
Site of Proposed Donisthorpe Bridge No 72 (Donisthorpe) (5½ furlongs
to the west) and
Measham Wharf Branch Junction (Junction of the Ashby Canal with the Measham Town Wharf Branch) (1 mile and 5 furlongs
to the south).
The nearest place in the direction of Site of Proposed Donisthorpe Bridge No 72 is Oakthorpe Country Park and Picnic Site;
¾ furlongs
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Measham Wharf Branch Junction is Bramborough Lane Bridge;
3½ furlongs
away.
There may not be access to the towpath here.
Mooring here is unrated.
| Brooks Close Terminus | 6¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Proposed Donisthorpe Bridge No 72 | 5½ furlongs | |
| Site of Proposed Cockspur Bridge No 71 | 4¼ furlongs | |
| Site of Proposed Oakshot Footbridge | 1½ furlongs | |
| Oakthorpe Country Park and Picnic Site | ¾ furlongs | |
| Site of Oakthorpe Colliery | ||
| Bramborough Lane Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
| Saltersford Valley Picnic Area | 4 furlongs | |
| Site of Proposed Steam Mill Bridge | 4¾ furlongs | |
| Coronation Lane Bridge | 1 mile, ½ furlongs | |
| Chapel Street Bridge (Oakthorpe) | 1 mile, 1¼ furlongs | |
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Snarestone Services — 3 miles, 4½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Snarestone Services
Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole — 9 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole
Bosworth Wharf Bridge No 42 — 10 miles, ¼ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Bosworth Wharf Bridge No 42
Sutton Cheney Wharf — 13 miles, 4¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Sutton Cheney Wharf
Trinity Marina — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Trinity Marina
Limekiln Bridge No 15 — 19 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Limekiln Bridge No 15Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Snarestone Services — 3 miles, 4½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Snarestone Services
Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole — 9 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole
Stoke Golding Wharf — 16 miles, 1 furlong away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Stoke Golding Wharf
Trinity Marina — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Trinity MarinaNearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Snarestone Services — 3 miles, 4½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Snarestone Services
Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole — 9 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole
Sutton Cheney Wharf — 13 miles, 4¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Sutton Cheney Wharf
Trinity Marina — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Trinity MarinaNearest place to turn
In the direction of Brooks Close Terminus
Bath Yard Basin — 2 miles, 1¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Brooks Close Terminus, then on the Ashby Canal (restored but unconnected) to Bath Yard Basin
In the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Measham Wharf Branch Junction — 1 mile, 5 furlongs away
On this waterway in the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Site of Proposed Measham Wharf — 2 miles away
Travel to Measham Wharf Branch Junction, then on the Ashby Canal (Measham Wharf Branch, unrestored) to Site of Proposed Measham Wharf
Faulkes Circular Winding Hole — 3 miles, 3 furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Faulkes Circular Winding Hole
Turnover Bridge Winding Hole — 3 miles, 4½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Turnover Bridge Winding Hole
Shackerstone Winding Hole — 6 miles, 2¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Shackerstone Winding Hole
Carlton Bridge Winding Hole — 9 miles away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Carlton Bridge Winding Hole
Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole — 9 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole
Jackson's Bridge Winding Hole — 10 miles, 2½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Jackson's Bridge Winding Hole
Shenton Bend — 12 miles, 1½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Shenton Bend
Sutton Cheney Wharf — 13 miles, 4¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Sutton Cheney Wharf
Basin Bridge Winding Hole — 16 miles, 6¼ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Basin Bridge Winding Hole
Trinity Marina — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Trinity Marina
Hinckley Wharf Arm Junction — 19 miles, 2½ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Hinckley Wharf Arm JunctionNearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole — 9 miles, 7¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Bosworth Marina & Wharf Winding Hole
Trinity Marina — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Trinity MarinaNearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation
Trinity Marina — 18 miles, 6¾ furlongs away
Travel to Ashby Canal Current Head of Navigation, then on the Ashby Canal (Main Line) to Trinity MarinaDirection of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
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[Newcomen Memorial Engine]
1734 to John Wise, who was the owner of Oakthorpe Colliery at Measham. Joseph Wilkes would later own the colliery, and its engines. A second rebuilding
[Donisthorpe]
is under the control of the Parish Council of Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe and Urban District Council of Moira. There is a colliery, worked by Messrs. Checkland
[Snibston]
on part of the colliery site. Part of the park is Snibston Grange Local Nature Reserve. The population is included in the civil parish of Ravenstone with
[Moira, Leicestershire]
Donisthorpe, Overseal, Oakthorpe and Spring Cottage. Moira's toponym is derived from the Irish earldom of Moira, one of the titles of the Hastings family
[Willesley]
lower part of Willesley wood near Oakthorpe is supposedly due to mining subsidence in the early 1980s. The mining rights to Oakthorpe Colliery see http://www
[Ashby-de-la-Zouch]
Heath, Smisby, Packington, Donisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Moira, Measham and Coleorton. So spelled officially "Town of Ashby de la Zouch". North West Leicestershire
[Coalville]
Coleorton, and examples of mine workings from these times can be found on the Hough Mill site at Swannington near the Califat Colliery site. A life-sized horse
[North West Leicestershire]
permission to develop an opencast coal mining pit on the site of the former Minorca colliery between Measham and Swepstone on a seam which will be 1 mi
[Ellistown]
published. The site is now a factory making concrete pipes. The South Leicestershire Colliery closed in 1989, the site of the colliery is now a small
[Black Country]
forges, commonly called the 'Black Country', stands the pretty village of Oakthorpe", "commonly" implying that the term was already in use. He also writes
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Oakthorpe Picnic Site | Leicestershire Country ParksThe site is home to a wide range of both flora and fauna. There are surfaced paths ... OAKTHORPE COLLIERY PICNIC SITE. Opening Times. Free car park ...
Take along a picnic brimming with tasty local produce to this 36 hectare picnic site - once a Colliery.
This particular colliery at Oakthorpe was closed about 1810 and mining ... was also working a shallow seam only 275 yards to the north of the site of the fire.
colliery stocking yards, there is now Conkers Discovery. Centre, which ... the interesting sites and places between Moira and .... former site of Oakthorpe Colliery.
Oakthorpe is a village in the English county of Leicestershire. In 1086, Oakthorpe was part of .... The present building (the chapel and large school room) dates back to 1869, when the site was used as the village school. The Methodists used the ...
Willesley Wood can also be accessed from Oakthorpe Picnic Site, on Ashby Road, ... mile) to the entrance of Oakthorpe Colliery Picnic Site, which is signposted.
The Newcomen Memorial Engine is a preserved beam engine in Dartmouth, Devon. ... Older engines would often continue in colliery areas where coal was cheap. ... When second-hand engines were traded to other sites, it is this cylinder that is ... in 1734 to John Wise, who was the owner of Oakthorpe Colliery at Measham.
Oakthorpe, Derbyshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72 ... A colliery is worked by the Moira company. There are chapels for ...
Donisthorpe Colliery, Leicestershire - I.A.Recordings features page. ... actively sought, in what became the Oakthorpe, South, Newfields and Woodfield sections.
Oakthorpe Primary School. ... Primary School; School Street,; Oakthorpe,; Swadlincote,; Derbyshire,; DE12 7RE,; office@oakthorpe.leics.sch.uk,; 01530 270383.