Route 66+1 Traditional Cache
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Reasonable parking charges apply for Shipley Country Park. Coal mining and the transport of coal is very much in evidence for this geocache. Shipley Country Park has had an association with coal mining from the mid 1500's and it has played an important part in shaping the landscape. By 1722 coal mining was in full swing on the estate, and around 1765 the Miller Mundy family took over the running of the mines themselves. The Woodside and Coppice pits continued in production until the 1960's when they were closed because they were uneconomic. This brought a close to over 250 years of deep mining at Shipley and left behind a legacy of spoil heaps, derelict buildings, polluted lakes and 30 abandoned mine shafts. Derbyshire County Council determined that a Country Park was a suitable memorial to mining in the area. Work started in 1970 and Shipley Country Park opened to the public on 26 May 1976
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