Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield

Map of 19th-century coalfields in Great Britain

The Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield in the English Midlands is one of the smaller British coalfields.^[1] The two areas are sometimes separately referred to as the South Derbyshire Coalfield and the Leicestershire Coalfield. All of the worked coal seams are contained within the Lower and Middle Coal Measures which are of Upper Carboniferous age.

^ British Geological Survey 2007 Bedrock geology: UK South 1:625,000 scale geological map, BGS, Keyworth, Notts

[1] British Geological Survey 2007 Bedrock geology: UK South 1:625,000 scale geological map, BGS, Keyworth, Notts

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