Coleorton Wood is a woodland in the village of
Coleorton
Coleorton ( ) is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England. It is situated on the A512 road approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Ashby de la Zouch. Nearby villages include Newbold, to the north, Thringstone to the ...
, near
Coalville
Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Tr ...
in northwest
Leicestershire, England. It is a mixed woodland that was planted during the early days of the
National Forest. The site was formerly Coleorton Pit, or
colliery
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
, which opened in 1875, and closed in the 1930s. It gained the local nickname of 'Bug and Wink' colliery.
Coleorton Wood is on the route of the Mining Heritage Trail,
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Coleorton Wood
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Parks and open spaces in Leicestershire