North Wales Coalfield

North Wales Coalfield

The North Wales Coalfield comprises the Flintshire Coalfield in the north and the Denbighshire Coalfield in the south.[1] It extends from Point of Ayr in the north, through the Wrexham area to Oswestry in Shropshire in the south.

A much smaller area on Anglesey where coal was formerly mined is not usually considered to form a part of the North Wales Coalfield, though it is geographically in North Wales.

References

  1. ^ The North Wales Coalfield, Coalmining History Research Centre, http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nwalescf.htm, retrieved 2010-12-05 


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