Babbington Colliery, also known as Cinderhill Colliery, was a

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, England. The mine opened in 1841, and was the first large-scale

in the county. It took its name from its original owner, the Babbington Coal Company, founded in 1839 to work shallow mines near

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, a hamlet some to the west of the later colliery. Babbington Colliery had a long life, and did not close until 1986. The site is now the location of a business park, and the Phoenix Park tram terminus of the Nottingham Express Transit. It lies within the current boundaries of the

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. The colliery was linked to the railway network by the Cinderhill Colliery Railway, part of which is now used by the Phoenix Park branch of the Nottingham Express Transit.

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