Ghosts of Industry long gone... The Derelict Colliery - Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum, Stoke-on-Trent

The derelict remains of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery on the edge of Stoke-on-Trent - once granted a lifeline as a heritage museum, with underground trips for schoolkids - until the closure of other mines locally led to the shafts becoming flooded..

Now being slowly reclaimed by nature - the great works of man will always fade away when confronted with the gentle and absolute power of nature...