The coal mine and coke ovens are long gone. The gigantic opencast hole has been filled in. Due to the pressures of a rising population, housing is now being built on the site of the ‘Battle of Orgreave‘ in the miners strike in 1984!
This is the view in July 2012 – there are many houses planned though:
The view back in 2007:
According to Harworth Estates (owned by UK Coal who own the site) there could be up to 4000 houses on the site eventually.
See also:
The main coal mining page
