Raikes Clough Colliery (site of)

The site of an old coal pit and colliery beside the River Croal in Bolton.

The colliery operated from possibly as early as the 18th Century and closed sometime in the late 19th Century. The colliery was just downstream of the weir on the Croal, on the Bolton side, where the main shaft was located.

The coal here is not far below ground, found around 9 metres below, together with collapsed mine workings at the nearby Raikes Bridge and less than 4 metres below by the river.

Not much remains of the old mine buildings today, but there was a small, brick chimney-looking structure to the north that marks the ventilation shaft for the mines. The structure had been dug open by machine around 2018 and the narrow, open shaft exposed.

Raikes Bridge in Bolton

Local History

Historic monuments near Raikes Clough Colliery (site of)

Stone circle, ring cairn and two round cairns on Cheetham Close – 8.40 km away
Roman road at Bottom o’ th’ Knotts Brow – 7.90 km away
Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church – 7.70 km away
Affetside Cross at Affetside 75m north west of the Pack Horse Inn – 6.44 km away
Promontory fort called Castlesteads on the east bank of the Irwell 550m SSE of Banks Farm – 8.35 km away
Radcliffe Tower and site of hall 100m south west of the parish church in Radcliffe – 6.35 km away
Wardley Hall moated site, Worsley – 6.16 km away
New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital – 7.32 km away
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf – 7.28 km away
Ringley Old Bridge – 3.93 km away
Morley’s Hall moated site – 9.36 km away
Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear – 8.15 km away