Seafield Colliery

Location type

Mine

Name and dates

Seafield Colliery (1966-1987)




Chronology Dates

  /  /1954National Coal Board
Development of Seafield Colliery begins.
  /  /1955National Coal Board
Drilling rig assembled in St David's Harbour to be used to check the under-sea reserves of the new Seafield Colliery.
  /  /1966National Coal Board
Production begins at Seafield Colliery.
  /  /1967National Coal Board
With Wellesley Colliery worked out, staff are moved to Seafield Colliery.
  /05/1973National Coal Board
5 men killed in a roof fall at the Seafield Colliery.
  /  /1981National Coal Board
Approximate date of underground connection between Seafield Colliery and Frances Colliery.
  /  /1988British Coal Corporation
Cowdenbeath Central Works and offices closed by British Coal Corporation (formerly National Coal Board). (Seafield Colliery closed in 1988.)
  /  /1988National Coal Board
Seafield Colliery closed.

News items

04/03/2023'I owe my life to a lazy sparky!', says former Fife coal miner as interactive mining display plan gathers pace [The Courier]