The Emmer Green (Hanover) Chalk Mine is an extensive abandoned subterranean

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Emmer Green Emmer Green is the northernmost suburb of Reading, Berkshire, Reading in the England, English county of Berkshire within the unitary authority, centred north of the town. Having most of its own commerce, sport and other amenities, Emmer Green ha ...

, north of

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, located just north of the junction of Peppard Road and Kiln Road (OS Grid Ref: SU722769). The mine is so named because the land is now owned by the

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who have a development adjacent at Wordsworth Court. The mine is one of a number of known mines in the Emmer Green and Reading area where chalk mining was often done in conjunction with brick making as chalk and clay are found together in the area and chalk was use in the making of bricks. It is likely other abandoned mines remain undiscovered. The area was once known as Rose Hill and contained brickfield and chalk mining works. The mine was discovered in 1977 during building works.Work to start on Reading homes built on chalk mines.
BBC News Berkshire, 3 September 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Access is through a 50 ft fixed steel ladder in a narrow vertical shaft below a locked iron cover.Site Name: Emmer Green (Hanover) South Chalk Mine.
Subterranea Britannica, 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2011
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References

External links

Emmer Green (Hanover) Chalk Mine at 28dayslater.co.uk.Archived here.
History of Reading, Berkshire History of Oxfordshire Underground mines in England Chalk mines in England Mines in Berkshire {{mining-stub