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Cronton colliery ride. The park is located on the site of a former coal mine and has been transformed into a beautiful nature reserve. Did anyone do this organised ride when it was first opened? Thinking of going but have no clue what it's like! It was eventually moved to St Helens in December 1998 and installed in its present position on a roundabout close to the former location of the Ravenhead Colliery. We managed to walk as far as the M62 before running out of trackbed! Along the way we discovered a sleeper hidden in the undergrowth that still had its rail chairs still attached. (Wonderfully and naturally Ai generated animation) 😎 Lisa Haynes and 24 others 󰍸 25 󰤦 5 Last viewed on: Sep 27, 2025 Nearby stood Cronton Colliery which ceased production in March 1984, shortly before the Great UK miners' strike (1984–1985). A most enjoyable railway ramble was organised by Paul along the Cronton Colliery branch back in 2023. A new visitor destination on a disused coal mine – the former Cronton Colliery at Knowsley near Manchester, our vision for the site is for a world class, sustainable park. As featured on BBC Radio Merseyside, the site offers six miles of uninterrupted riding across 120 acres of reclaimed coal tips, providing safe off-road riding on marked tracks through woods, over plateaus and up and down hill climbs. +3 James Rowlands 󰍸 1 󰤦 󰤧 The British Horse Society (BHS) has negotiated a license to ride on the Cronton Colliery site in Knowsley. This site is for anyone who wishes to remember the "pit" or indeed anyone with Cronton is a popular destination for walkers and cyclists, with many scenic routes to explore. 13th May 2023. 0-6-0 Austerity locomotive Cronton on a test run along the branch following repairs. Although Cronton 'pit' was a twentieth century enterprise, the surrounding area had supported a coal mining industry throughout the previous century. At this time it was placed on a new high pedestal of railway sleepers and no longer operated as a rotating fountain. It was unusual at this time to see one of the colliery engines so far along the branch, in earlier times B. 1975. In 1966 Cronton pioneered the use of retreat mining, a technique which was widely used on the continent, at a British Colliery. This doubled the colliery’s production. One of the main attractions in Cronton is the Cronton Colliery Nature Park. Cronton Colliery. The loco is rounding the curve and is about to enter the cutting then pass under the Windy Arbor Bridge en route back to the colliery. would sometimes leave a rake of empties at Huyton Quarry sidings . 7 mos 1 Olive King I worked in the canteen 75 - 79 7 mos 4 David Jones My mother worked in the canteen there, and when I started my railway employment journey at Garston depot or Liverpool south, we had jobs to cronton taking care empty wagons in and bringing the full loads out, exciting times especially negotiating the Cronton Colliery was a coal mine on Merseyside which closed in the 1980s. c. The colliery hired a set of three six wheeled LNWR coaches which would be hauled to a point just past the Seel Branch and then propelled, by a colliery engine into Cronton Colliery. Nearby stood Cronton Colliery which ceased production in March 1984, shortly before the Great UK miners' strike (1984–1985). This involved driving parallel roadways to the proposed extent of working, and then the face was driven between them. R. 1 day ago · Cronton Colliery. p3ous mu wb2 zmsee lfga7l drdrxft biyz gk7 wh5e1 ndpzucf