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Re: Vale view

By Armchair vulture (Armchair Observer)22/6 20:01Mon Jun 22 20:01:39 2026In response to Re: Vale view

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The site was the ancient Haunchwood - in the later 19th century the Haunchwood brick and tile company excavated their second claypit there which was around 80feet deep. Underneath this claypit their existed workings of the Haunchwood Howells colliery whose shafts were behind the miners arms - they worked the slate and two yard seems just in from where the coal field outcropped at the surface where the Vale View houses now. The coal seems dipped towards the west and the Nowells pit shafts would have been around 600 feet deep. Then the clay pit was filled with household rubbish so the site has underlying issues but none of this should prevent light weight construction although costs may rise.
I see this site as a massive fight with local residents- it's access is poor into all ready constrained roads.
Mining abandonment plans for the whole of the UK are now available to view free online and Nuneaton is comprehensively covered with many plans for all local collieries including both Haunchwood pits, Griff pits, Stockingdord. Colliery and the Nuneaton collieries at Stockingford.

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