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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

The coal mining legal notice dataset details each notice issued to allow coal mining operations in areas where no mining lease was in existence, as taken from the information held by the Coal...

The Unlicensed Opencast dataset contains the locations and extents of pre Coal Authority worked opencast sites i.e. as worked by National Coal Board/British Coal. Note: This dataset should be...

This dataset identifies the year the coal was mined at a geographic point in a specific seam. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the Mining Remediation Authority to better...

This coal seam levels dataset shows the level of underground working in metres along a specific point/contour, in a specific seam, above or below ordnance datum/sea level. A minus before the...

The Mining Remediation Authority's collection of more than 120,000 coal mine plans, dating as far back as the 17th century. These cover surface mining, also known as opencast, and deep mining...

This is a collection of Opportunity Maps for mine water heat, produced for the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero, and their contractor AECOM, covering the following 10 cities: Birmingham,...

Extents of individual mine water treatment schemes managed by the Coal Authority. These schemes treat waters that have been affected by past coal mining activities. In November 2024, the Coal...

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...

Surface Mining Areas denote an area of coal extracted by surface excavations in the past or are being excavated currently, these sites do not necessarily reflect the extent of the excavation. Coal...

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...

A geographic catalogue of the plans of abandoned mines held by the Coal Authority. In November 2024, the Coal Authority changed its name to the Mining Remediation Authority to better reflect its...