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LIST OF MINES

The main mines at Alderley are listed below. Click HERE to go straight to the map of the mines or HERE to see a 1:25000 map of Alderley Edge.  You can also view the area using the Google map below which includes a satellite photograph of the Edge.  This is sufficiently detailed to allow some mine entrances to be pin-pointed exactly but others are hidden by tree cover.  If you have trouble with the Google map, you can click HERE for a version of this page without it.  (By the way, the Google map also has links to some other DCC areas of interest, try zooming out.)

Area map  |  List of mines  |  Map of mines  |  1:25000 OS map

AREA MAP

Click on pointers for more information about the mines.

LIST OF MINES

MINE GRID REFERENCE LENGTH (m) DEPTH (m) ALT (m) DESCRIPTION
Wood Mine SJ 8545.7760 2,400  30  160  About 1.5 miles of mainly 19th Century tunnels in a complex maze.  
West Mine SJ 8509.7763 10,000  50  145  About 6 miles of mainly 19th Century tunnels on several levels.  
Engine Vein SJ 8604.7747 750  60  195  A vertical rift type mine connecting to the Hough Level. 
Brynlow Mine SJ 8559.7724 300  25  155  One of the earlier workings. Small hand picked tunnels.  Also connecting to the Hough Level.  
The Hough Level SJ 8619.7782 1,500  --  135  A connecting tunnel linking Wood Mine, Engine Vein and Brynlow.  
The "Cobalt" Mine SJ 8593.7731 1,000  16  190  Old workings stretching from the Engine Vein area to the car park entrance  
Pillar and Doc Mines SJ 8612.7783 50 (open)   10  165  Small shallow workings at Stormy Point.  Evidence of Bronze Age mining between them.
Twin Shafts SJ 8595.7794 --  10  170  Opencast working on Stormy Point of unknown age or development. 
New Venture SJ 8520.7760 ?   ?   145  Workings near West Mine that have been lost for many years. 
Mottram St Andrew         Not strictly part of Alderley Edge but the history is linked.

More details about the larger mines can be seen by selecting the appropriate page.  A full list of entrances is also available from which you can get even more detail about the sites at Alderley Edge.

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MAP OF THE MINES

You can use the map below to jump straight to a mine.

Map of the mines, click on a mine

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Cobalt Mine Hough Level Hough Level Hough Level Other mines Hough Level Wood Mine West Mine Engine Vein Other mines Other mines Brynlow Mine Other mines Other mines

1:25000 MAP OF THE ALDERLEY EDGE AREA

West Mine area Wood Mine area Engine Vein area Cobalt Mine area Brynlow Mine area Stormy Point Mottram mines Hough Level (east) Hough Level (west) Finlow Mines area Main Car Park Saddlebole Map of the area, click on the map

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

West Mine is located above White Barn Farm, Wood Mine in Windmill Wood and Engine Vein where the map marks Mine (dis) just below the NT logo.  You can identify the main sites by moving your mouse over the map.  Click on the areas identified to get more detail.  This map shows the National Trust Car Park and public toilets just below The Wizard..  The purple line represents the boundary of the NT property.  If you cannot see Mottram on the map, scroll the screen to the right.

Details about how to visit the mines can be found by clicking HERE.

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