Chatterley Whitfield Friends Heritage Centre

Chatterley Whitfield Friends Heritage Centre The Colliery site is acknowledged to be the most comprehensive survival of a deep mine site in England. The mine closed in 1977 and in 1979 became a museum.

In 1993 the museum closed, but it's heritage today is kept alive by Chatterley Whitfield Friends. Preserving the Past for the Future
Whitfield Colliery represent a tiny proportion of the colliery's true size because, like most collieries, Whitfield extends a long way underground in all directions. In 1960 there are 134 buildings, not there are only 34. It even joins up with the underground passage

s of Wolstanton colliery. (4 mile tunnel). The surface buildings, however, are all that most people ever see of a colliery, and because the underground shafts at Whitfield are flooded, the buildings are all that remain to be seen. Nevertheless, this is a lot more than most collieries in the country, which have been completely flattened and replaced by housing developments or retail parks. The only reason the surface buildings remain at Whitfield is that after the colliery shut down in 1976, the site operated as a mining museum, housing for a while the National Coalmining Collection. The museum closed in 1993, but soon afterwards, English Heritage declared it a Scheduled Ancient Monument to protect it from demolition

20.06.2026
20/06/2026

20.06.2026

Refreshments available at the Heritage Centre on 13.06.2026
12/06/2026

Refreshments available at the Heritage Centre on 13.06.2026

12/06/2026

June Pre booked Site Tour tomorrow.
Starts from the Heritage Centre at 11am
Weather looking good

Booking Update......
Check email previously circulated - May have well gone to Spam folder.

30/05/2026
23.05.2026
23/05/2026

23.05.2026

Refreshments available at the Heritage Centre - 9.05.2026
08/05/2026

Refreshments available at the Heritage Centre - 9.05.2026

We have cctv cameras damaged locks cropped off and about £450.00 in tools stolen.
30/04/2026

We have cctv cameras damaged locks cropped off and about £450.00 in tools stolen.

Officers stayed at the former colliery overnight to 'prevent a breach of the peace'

30.04.2026
30/04/2026

30.04.2026

Address

Heritage Centre, 29B Chatterley Whitfield Enterprise Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
ST68UW

Opening Hours

Thursday 10am - 1pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+443001021504

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