Chatterley Whitfield Colliery

Chatterley Whitfield Colliery is a former coal mine and scheduled monument in Stoke-on-Trent featuring multiple shafts, engine houses, and structures from different periods of operation. The site displays the working infrastructure of a major mine including headgear, workshops, and administrative buildings now open as a museum.

The mine opened in the 1880s and grew into one of England's largest coal operations. It became central to the region's industrial economy and shaped the working lives of local communities for generations.

The site honors the workers who spent their careers underground and tells their stories through preserved equipment and structures from daily mining life. Visitors can understand how mining shaped the community and what daily work meant for the people who lived here.

The site sits within a residential area and is accessible on foot from Stoke-on-Trent town center. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as the grounds are uneven in places and some areas have limited accessibility.

In 1937, this became the first coal mine in the entire United Kingdom to extract one million tons of coal in a single year. This achievement marked a turning point in British mining productivity and engineering advancement.