Regeneration
The colliery, which covers 13 hectares (0.050 sq mi), was transferred from the ownership of British Coal Property to Bury Council in October 1997. The council intended to turn the site – consisting mostly of contaminated land covered with collapsed buildings, spoil heaps, and uncapped mineshafts – into open land suitable for public use as part of their Outwood Forest Park project. Converting the site cost about £600,000. The colliery is now the main entrance to Outwood Forest Park and is part of the Irwell Sculpture Trail.
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