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Sunset, Kiveton Community Woodland
Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire
Kiveton Community Woodland stands on the site of the old Kiveton Park Colliery, having been transformed into a mini country park following the closure of the colliery in 1994. The whole area, including the spoil heap (the pit tip), has now been tastefully landscaped, with areas of woodland, wetland and grassland attracting a wide variety of wildlife, and includes several miles of footpaths for walking. Much of the area is carpeted with wildflowers during the spring, including spectacular displays of cowslips, whilst the viewpoint near the summit of what was the pit tip has views extending for miles, right over to the Derbyshire hills. At the summit stand three huge stones (pictured above), whilst nearby is a cast iron sculpture called “Dreaming of Sky” depicting a pit pony hauling a tub of coal and commemorating the lives of the many ponies that once worked down Kiveton Pit.
Geograph®: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6331083
Sunset, Kiveton Community Woodland
Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire
Kiveton Community Woodland stands on the site of the old Kiveton Park Colliery, having been transformed into a mini country park following the closure of the colliery in 1994. The whole area, including the spoil heap (the pit tip), has now been tastefully landscaped, with areas of woodland, wetland and grassland attracting a wide variety of wildlife, and includes several miles of footpaths for walking. Much of the area is carpeted with wildflowers during the spring, including spectacular displays of cowslips, whilst the viewpoint near the summit of what was the pit tip has views extending for miles, right over to the Derbyshire hills. At the summit stand three huge stones (pictured above), whilst nearby is a cast iron sculpture called “Dreaming of Sky” depicting a pit pony hauling a tub of coal and commemorating the lives of the many ponies that once worked down Kiveton Pit.
Geograph®: www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6331083