Meden Vale
Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Meden Vale is a small village near to Church Warsop. The village is part of the parish of Warsop. It is also situated close to the small town of Market Warsop, in north Nottinghamshire, England, off the main A60 Mansfield to Worksop road, and lies within Mansfield District Council administrative area. [1]
History
Meden Vale was originally known as Welbeck Colliery Village prior to renaming in the late 1960s. The village was built in the 1920s specifically to house miners who worked at Welbeck Colliery. [2][3]
The economy was based mainly on Welbeck Colliery, which started up when two shafts were sunk between 1912 and 1915. It was determined by owner UK Coal for closure in 2007 due to limited reserves, with the last coal produced 11 May 2010. Most of the working-age employees from the 410 total transferred to other collieries operated by UK Coal, including Daw Mill near Coventry, a daily round-trip of Script error: No such module "convert". for some. When closed it was one of the last remaining deep mine collieries to operate in England, and at its peak employed 1,400 men and produced 1.5 million tonnes of coal yearly.[4][5]
The headstocks were demolished by explosives in April 2011.[6]
Explosion
Two security guards were badly injured in an explosion confined to a surface electrical substation at the Colliery site on Saturday 31 December 2011.[7]
Site regeneration
As part of reclamation of the site, a biogas facility based on anaerobic digestion producing methane for sale into the UK gas distribution grid was created in 2017, the first stage in an intended employment park.[8][9][10]
A large solar farm based on an extensive array of Solar panels having a 33kV connection into the UK electricity distribution grid is located nearby.[11][12]
Amenities
There is a small collection of shops, Post Office, a garage and the Three Lions public house. [13] The River Meden flows through the village alongside the main road. The village has a rugby union side which plays in the RFU Midlands 5 East (North) division.
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Politics
Meden Vale is part of the Mansfield Parliamentary constituency from the 2010 boundary changes, represented by Labour's Steve Yemm after the July 2024 general election, and previously from 2017 to 2024 by Ben Bradley of the Conservative Party. It is in the civil parish of Warsop. [14] [15]
References
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- ↑ Cite Web: https://www.mansfield.gov.uk/downloads/download/207/mansfield-ward-map | Mansfield Ward Map 2023|Mansfield District Council| access date 9 May 2025
- ↑ Warsop Parish info Template:Webarchive Retrieved 25 August 2014
- ↑ Cite Web:https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/image/21421/Welbeck_Colliery_Village. | Welbeck Colliery Village| Inspire Libraries| access date 9 May 2025
- ↑ Goodbye to Welbeck pit. "Production stops at colliery after nearly 100 years of coal". Chad, local newspaper, 12 May 2010, p.20. Accessed 18 September 2015.
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- ↑ Gone but not forgottern. Historic headstocks come crashing down. Chad, 6 April 2011, p.4. Accessed 29 January 2021.
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- ↑ Plans for new employment park at Welbeck Colliery which could create 250 jobs move closer Worksop Guardian, 11 February 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2024
- ↑ Notts biogas plant turns farm mulch into energy Chad, 18 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2024
- ↑ Biogas Meden Mission Statement Biogas Meden. Retrieved 7 January 2024
- ↑ New connection to existing 33,000 volt overhead line for the purpose of connecting a new solar farm to the electricity network Mansfield District Council Planning, 31 October 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2024
- ↑ Proposed new access track from the A60 for access to Welbeck Solar Farm Mansfield District Council Planning, 4 November 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024
- ↑ Cite Web: https://www.chad.co.uk/news/people/amended-plans-unveiled-for-housing-and-demolition-of-meden-vale-pub-4148087 |Amended plans unveiled for housing and demolition of Meden Vale pub|Mansfield Chad|2023|access date 9 May 2025
- ↑ Cite Web: https://members.parliament.uk/constituency/4170/location |UK Parliament MPs and Lords| Mansfield| access date 9 May 2025
- ↑ Cite Web: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/mansfield-general-election-2024-results-29361745.amp |Mansfield general election 2024 results in full | 2024| access date 9 May 2025
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