The CoalMining Remediation Authority holds coal mining data in a national database. This provides information on past and present coal mining.

The map viewer and the web mapping services are provided free of charge.

More information about accessing coal mining abandonment plans, photographs, licensing information, property deeds and documents.

CoalMining Remediation Authority map viewer

The CoalMining Remediation Authority map viewer allows you to view selected coal mining information in your browser graphically.

Reasons to use this information include:

• finding out if a property is affected by coal mining
• checking if your site is in a high risk area
• checking for coal and mine entries on or near the surface

To check a particular location either enter a post code or use your mouse to zoom in to view the surrounding area.

Turning on selected data layers will let you see various coal mining data on top of the map. Clicking on any data points or areas will provide some further detailed information.

Web Mappingmapping Servicesservices

To analyse coal mining data against your own data you will need to use geographic information systems (GIS)(GIS) software.

The datasets available are all raster images without details of individual features, see available CoalMining Remediation Authority data if you have more specific needs.

Enter the address of the dataset you want into your web mapping service client (tip: right click and copy shortcut).

• Coalcoal mining reporting areas -(the https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_coal_mining_reporting_areas/MapServer/WMSServer - the areas in which the CoalMining Remediation Authority recommend a mining report.report): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_coal_mining_reporting_areas/MapServer/WMSServer
• Minemine entries -(the https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_mine_entries/MapServer/WMSServer - the centre point of only coal mine entries as derived from plans held by the CoalMining Authority.Remediation Authority): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_mine_entries/MapServer/WMSServer
• Developmentdevelopment risk and coal resource areas -(a https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_planning_policy_constraints/MapServer/WMSServer - a combination of data layers relevant to Planners,planners, Planningplanning Policypolicy Officersofficers and Assetasset Managers.managers): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_planning_policy_constraints/MapServer/WMSServer
• Specificspecific risk -(more https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_specific_risk/MapServer/WMSServer - more detailed information that, together, make up the Developmentdevelopment Riskrisk Areaarea data.data relevant to planners, planning policy officers and asset managers): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_specific_risk/MapServer/WMSServer
• Abandonedabandoned mines catalogue -(a https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_abandoned_mines/MapServer/WMSServer - a geographic catalogue of the plans of abandoned mines held by the CoalMining Authority.Remediation Authority): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_abandoned_mines/MapServer/WMSServer

Open Government Licence v3

The CoalMining Remediation Authority has made data sets available for use by third parties under the Open Government Licence v3:

• CoalMining Remediation Authority Managedmanaged Tipstips
• CoalMining Remediation Authority Minemine Waterwater Treatmenttreatment Schemesschemes

Please contact us by email at datasolutions@coal.gov.ukdatasolutions@miningremediation.gov.uk if you’re interested in licensing these data sets.

Available CoalMining Remediation Authority data

If you need full vector data, including feature details, then contact us at datasolutions@coal.gov.ukdatasolutions@miningremediation.gov.uk to discuss your requirements. Pricing is worked out on an individual basis depending on the amount and type of data that is required.

Technical details of the available data, such as formats and coordinate systems, can be found in the coal mining data metadata documents.