The interactive map comprises two maps in one. At the main menu you can choose whether to explore the coal industry prior to 1800 or after.
On the first map, we show the wooden railways (waggonways), built between 1632 and 1800 in four time slices, and the collieries they served. Our second map shows 19th and 20th century collieries served by iron railways. The maps also show other collieries, many of which produced coal for local use and which were not served by railways.
Both maps have menu options, which include links to pages on this web site. When hovering over a colliery with a mouse, the cursor will usually change. A left click of the mouse will reveal a pop up box, giving information about the colliery and often links to the Durham Mining Museum’s website and/or a link to another pop up box. Web links open in a new tab.
For the best experience we recommend that the map is viewed on a monitor with a display resolution of at least 1920×1080 in full screen mode. This can be toggled on and off with the F11 function key. We also recommend that you use a mouse. If you wish to zoom in and out and pan to left and right while keeping the menus static, please use the blue controller.