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| Mosaic near the cafe |
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| Gedling Country Park is a 230 acre site hosting a play area, café and parking facilities. Opened in 2015 the site is managed by Gedling Borough Council with the assistance of the Friends of Gedling Country Park |
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| Display board with photos of the demolition of the colliery Copyright Graham Tavner |
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| The main period of operation of the mine was between 1902 and 1991 and the pit exceeded one million tons in a year sixteen times between 1952 and 1969. Parts of the mine were over 360m deep with tunnels that stretched out five miles. The mine faces were up to 220m wide and there were 35 miles of roadway below ground. In 1924 at its height of productivity, there were more than 3,884 men working there of which 3,257 were underground. It developed a reputation as the "pit of all nations" because of the diversity of foreign miners who worked there - in the 1960s, ten per cent of the colliery's workforce of 1,400 were originally from the Caribbean |
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| Over 130 miners lost their lives at Gedling Colliery and many more suffered long term health problems. The Memorial Garden is dedicated to all those who worked here from 1899 to 1991. The hoops that mark the entrance to the Garden were used to support the mine's tunnels |
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| One of the new viewpoints - distant views over Gedling towards Lincoln Cathedral, Newark, the Trent Valley and Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station (on a good day) |
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| Plans for this solar farm, on a site which had been derelict for 20 years, were initially described by some as an act of environmental vandalism and gross irresponsibility - you can never satisfy some people. For the record, it covers 14 hectares, has over 23,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels each rated at 240W for a total installed capacity of about 5MW, enough power for 1700 homes |
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| The Ivan Gollup Bee Garden, dedicated to the memory of former Gedling Borough Council leader Ivan Gollop, an environmental campaigner and schoolteacher - coffee stop |
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| Holy Trinity Church, Lambley - lunch |
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| Top Dumble, one of two dumbles which join to form Cocker Beck - bedrock visible in the bottom |
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| (Most of the) Group on the bridge over Top Dumble |
