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Licence Areas

Upon privatisation of the coal industry in 1994, The Coal Authority was set up to take over a number of British Coal’s responsibilities; however these did not include the physical extraction of...

Borehole shaft temperature profiles

The Coal Authority undertakes monitoring of shafts and boreholes across Great Britain’s coalfields. As part of this monitoring geophysical instruments are used to profile shafts and boreholes and...

Coal mining parent phase

The coal mining parent phase data set records the chronology of an underground working (Proposed or Actual). A Parent Phase will typically start life as Proposed and as Coal is extracted over a...

Coalfield Consultation Areas

The Coalfield Consultation Areas dataset has been created from information held by the Mining Remediation Authority and is used to determine whether a coal mining report is required for property...

Geological disturbances which may have been affected by coal mining

The dataset details types of geological disturbances which may have been affected by coal mining. It shows the best plot position for each geological fault, fissure and break line based on...

Probable coal workings

The probable coal workings dataset contains the locations and estimated extents of probable underground coal workings for which no recorded plan exists, but where it is possible that workable coal...

Environmental Monitoring Points

Environmental monitoring points consist of a variety of sites throughout the UK at which environmental data are gathered by The Coal Authority. The types of data collected include: water level,...

Coal mining court orders

In parts of the country, the High Court may have issued an order allowing a mine owner or mining operator to work coal where no previous mining lease was in existence. The Court may also have made...

Coal roadways

The coal roadways (spine roadways) dataset represents underground roadways connecting or leading to areas of underground coal working. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the...

Heating and cooling demand over coal mine workings

This dataset has been produced upon collaboration with the Ordnance Survey (OS), in order to produce a geospatial layer to aid in identifying areas which might see the most impact from a mine water...

Organogram of Staff Roles & Salaries

Organogram (organisation chart) showing all staff roles. Names and salaries are also listed for the Senior Civil Servants. Organogram data is released by all central government departments and...

Payments made by the Coal Authority

A monthly updated list of all financial transactions made by the Coal Authority

Coal Mine Entry

The Coal Authority has records of over 175,000 mine entries within the UK captured in the National Coal Mining database, derived from sources including abandonment plans, geological and...

Underground coal workings

This dataset identifies areas where coal has been mined, or is currently being mined under the surface. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the Mining Remediation Authority to...

Coal mining licence area

The coal mining licence area dataset shows the position for each License Area relating to both underground, opencast and underground coal gasification as taken from the information held by the...

Geospatial Data Catalogue: Coal Authority

Working with the Geospatial Commission, the Geo6 organisations have produced a simplified common data catalogue providing core information on the geospatial datasets that they hold and manage. ...

Coal Development High Risk Area

The Development High Risk Area is the part of the coal mining reporting area which contains one or more recorded coal mining related features at surface or shallow depth. These features pose a...

Coal mining child phase

The coal mining child phase dataset shows the position for each Child Phase taken from the information held by the Authority, and includes a number of attributes relating to that feature. This...

Gateshead mine water heat living laboratory

This data is a collection of data from sensors deployed as part of the Gateshead Living Lab, pertaining to mine water level, mine water chemistry, mine water temperature, pore water pressures and...

Coal Development Low Risk Area

The Development Low Risk area is an area where our records do not indicate the presence of coal mining features at surface or shallow depth which may pose a risk to surface stability or public...