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Whittleford park ward walk and safety check
Whittleford Park is a 43 hectare greenspace located between Stockingford and Camp Hill in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Although its development as a public park by Warwickshire County Council only started in 2005 it has a long industrial history involved in coal mining and brick and tile making.
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History
Surface mining was once undertaken on the site, before large collieries such as Nuneaton Colliery, Stockingford Colliery, Ansley Hall Colliery, Haunchwood Colliery took over. Tramways connected most of this pits with the local canal wharfs and the mainline railways. The final factory closed in 1970 and demolished shortly afterwards.
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Whittleford Park Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA