The owner of a former Nottinghamshire colliery says the Coal Authority are "riding roughshod" over the site's heritage by disrupting some of his future plans for a museum. Developer Adco Properties, under its director Stuart Mills, purchased the former Clipstone Colliery for an undisclosed sum in January 2021.
The site closed in 2003 after having been in operation since 1922, leaving the area vacant until Adco's purchase. The site features two historic headstocks, the tallest in Europe and the second tallest in the world, as well as a winding house.
Eight acres of land surrounds the site and some of it will be used to host events, whilst part of the site is set to be used as a leisure complex featuring facilities such as a climbing wall. But one of the main aspects of the site will be a heritage museum showcasing the building's mining history.
