Bentley Colliery

South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Bentley Colliery was a coal mine in Bentley, near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, that operated between 1906 and 1993. In common with many other mines, it suffered disasters and accidents. The worst Bentley disaster was in 1931, when 45 miners were killed after a gas explosion. The site of the mine has been converted into a woodland.

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