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Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum
8 locals recommend,
Location
Waterloo Road
Radstock, England
Tips from locals
The somerset coalfield covered the area south of bath and this gives a really interesting insight into what life was like.
The award winning Museum began life in a barn in the village of Haydon. When the last mine in the Somerset Coalfield closed in 1973 a group of locals wanted to recognise the work of the Somerset miners and their contribution to Britain’s heritage. The result of this is an extensive collection of artefacts from Somerset’s coal mining history. The Museum, with its collections and purpose built displays, is now housed in the restored Radstock Old Market Hall. With galleries on two floors you can learn about blacksmithing, coal mining, shoe and boot making, printing and local breweries. You can explore our reconstructed coalmine. You can walk along ...
The award winning Museum began life in a barn in the village of Haydon. When the last mine in the Somerset Coalfield closed in 1973 a group of locals wanted to recognise the work of the Somerset miners and their contribution to Britain’s heritage. The result of this is an extensive collection of ar…