Hopewell Colliery Museum & Working Mine 2025

Regular underground tours, guided by miners through the workings to see the conditions in which coal miners worked. Practical shoes and warm clothing are recommended. Also see the museum of mining articles, photographs and equipment.

Contacts

Operator: https://www.facebook.com/HopewellColliery/?locale=en_GB

Address: Cannop Hill Speech House Road Coleford Gloucestershire GL16 7EL

  • Telephone: 01594 810 706
  • Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
  • Website: View website

Open Days & Times

Daily 5 Apr-Oct. Tours only. Visit website or facebook for more details and to pre-book.

Travel

  • By Bus: 25
  • By Rail: Lydney / 10 miles

Facilities

  • Parking
  • Refreshments
  • Souvenir Shop
  • Part disabled access

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Celebrating the past, present and future of this unique way of life in the Forest of Dean. You may even witness carts of freshly dug coal being brought to the surface at the entrance to the working mine.

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