Bevercotes Colliery

Bevercotes Colliery

Bevercotes Colliery Location in Nottinghamshire
Location	Nottinghamshire, Nottinghamshire, England 53°15′29″N 0°57′40″W
Products	Coal
Opened	1965
Closed	1993
Company	British Coal

Bevercotes Colliery was the first fully automated mine. It went into production in July 1965. Located in Bevercotes to the north of Ollerton, the colliery was, alongside Cotgrave Colliery, one of two new collieries opened in the county of Nottinghamshire in the 1960s. The colliery was closed in 1993 and turned into a nature reserve.

Bevercotes Colliery in 1988

The mine was served by a single track, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) branch railway opened in June 1960.