# Wath Main Colliery

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Former coal mine in South Yorkshire, England

**Wath Main Colliery** was a coal mine situated in the [Dearne Valley](/source/Dearne_Valley), close by the township of [Wath-upon-Dearne](/source/Wath-upon-Dearne), [South Yorkshire](/source/South_Yorkshire), [England](/source/England). The colliery was operated by the Wath Main Coal Company Limited.

Sinking of the first of its two shafts began in 1873, the workings reaching the highly prized [Barnsley seam](/source/Barnsley_seam) three years later. To gain access to lower reserves the shafts were deepened, first in 1912 to reach the [Parkgate seam](/source/Parkgate_seam) and then, in 1923, to the [Silkstone seam](/source/Silkstone_seam).

The colliery became part of the [National Coal Board](/source/National_Coal_Board) on nationalization in 1947 and it was amalgamated, along with other local collieries, with the adjacent [Manvers Main Colliery](/source/Manvers_Main_Colliery) on 1 January 1986. Closure came on 25 March 1988.

The site has been reclaimed and now contains [Wath Country Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wath_Country_Park&action=edit&redlink=1), which in May 2007 was sold off to developers to form a new housing development.[1] The park lasted just 10 years.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Reports of RiDO, Rotherham Investment and Development Office

v t e Coal mining in Yorkshire Coal mines in North Yorkshire Selby complex2 (Gascoigne Wood, North Selby, Riccall, Stillingfleet, Whitemoor Wistow) Tan Hill Coal mines in South Yorkshire1 Aldwarke1 Askern Barnburgh Barrow Bentley Brodsworth Brookhouse Bullcroft1 Birley Cortonwood Dalton Dinnington Elsecar Fence Harry Crofts1 Hatfield Hickleton High Hazels Huskar Kilnhurst Kiveton Park Maltby Manvers Markham Main New Stubbin North Staveley Nunnery1 Orgreave Rossington Rother Vale Rotherham1 Roundwood1 Silverwood Smithies Thorne1 Thurcroft Tinsley Park Treeton Waleswood Warren House Warren Vale Wath Wharncliffe Woodmoor Yorkshire Main Coal mines in West Yorkshire Caphouse Flockton Frickley Garforth Collieries (Isabella Pit, Sisters Pit, Trench Pit) Kellingley Killingbeck Middleton Shuttle Eye Prince of Wales Upton Waterloo Main Wheldale Woolley Incidents Allerton Bywater Colliery Explosion Cadeby Main pit disaster Lofthouse Colliery disaster Lundhill Colliery explosion Oaks explosion Peckfield Colliery disaster Coalfields and seams Coal seams of the South Yorkshire Coalfield Ingleton Coalfield South Yorkshire Coalfield Industrial relations UK miners' strike (1969) UK miners' strike (1972) UK miners' strike (1984–85) Battle of Orgreave South Yorkshire Miners' Association West Yorkshire Miners' Association Yorkshire Miners' Association Other articles Geology of Yorkshire List of collieries in Yorkshire (1984–2015) Monckton Coke Works National Coal Mining Museum for England British MPs sponsored by mining unions Notes 1 Pre 1974, most coal mines in South Yorkshire were actually in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Those annotated with a number 1, were closed before 1974. 2 The Selby Coalfield straddled the border of North and West Yorkshire

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