Mining Landscapes

02/06/2026

Time for a mining landscape: The site of the former Dundonald Colliery Lady Helen pit bing removed and the land restored to pasture in the mid 1970s

01/06/2026

Join and Winston Plowes - Land Artist for ‘Dances with Time’ a free taster session 11am 20th July at the former Westfield Opencast Coaling Site between # Ballingry and (over 18s only) For more info and to book a place nip to 👉 https://www.mining-landscapes.org/news

31/05/2026

FREE FAMILY EVENT No. 2: Explore Fulshie Bing, through art, geology and ecology and turn postindustrial landscapes into spaces of family fun and intergenerational learning 11am Wednesday 8th July.
To book your free tickets nip to 👉 https://www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coalscapes-family-event-2-fulshie-bing-stoneyburn-west-lothian

30/05/2026

New blog uploaded to Mining Landscapes’s collection this morning ‘Coal to Strawberries’ see 👉 https://www.mining-landscapes.org/blog written and researched by Peter, archivist at Lesmahagow Parish Historical Association see 👉https://lpha.org.uk/. The story accompanies the Coal Gas Cycle Circuit 👉 https://www.mining-landscapes.org/route/178 and details how unemployed miners restored colliery spoil to grow fruit and veg leading to their participation in an experimental Government employment programme in market gardening at Stonebyres in the 1930s.

29/05/2026

If you are over in West Fife and like exploring local mining history and heritage Aileen and Catherine are chatting about the Ecomuseum and the Kincardine routes

29/05/2026

To return the National Mining Museum Scotland's iconic 1894 winding engine back to full operation.

29/05/2026

Marking the end of with the introduction of new icons for our Landscape Journeys: sport/leisure, memorials, social infrastructure and art. Published routes to be retrofitted over the coming months.
Fancy exploring your local mining heritage and history we have 60 plus walking and cycling routes (with 40 odd in development) from to nip to
https://www.mining-landscapes.org/routes

28/05/2026

Last week Mining Landscapes were with Katie ‘curator of rocks’
at the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery (one of their project partners) getting the coal mining mineral and fossil handling boxes ready for the family Coalscapes Events in July see 👉https://www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coalscapes-family-fun-workshops-announcing-the-preliminary-timetable and for the Gala Season across the school holidays.

27/05/2026

FREE FAMILY EVENT: Explore the former opencast coaling site at Westfield through art, geology and ecology and turn postindustrial landscapes into spaces of family fun and intergenerational learning. 11am Tues 7th July.
To book your free tickets 👉 https://www.mining-landscapes.org/news

To see the full preliminary timetable of dates and locations across July see 👉 https://www.mining-landscapes.org/news/coalscapes-family-fun-workshops-announcing-the-preliminary-timetable

26/05/2026