Seafield Colliery
Location type
MineName and dates
Seafield Colliery (1966-1987)
| Nearby stations Kirkcaldy Kinghorn Sinclairtown [1st] Sinclairtown [2nd] Dysart Burntisland [1st] Burntisland Glenrothes with Thornton Cardenden West Wemyss Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Aberdour Wemyss Castle Lochgelly | Tyrie Bleach Works Seafield Harbour Invertiel Siding Invertiel Junction Invertiel Quarry Kirkcaldy Bus Depot Seafield Ground Frame Invertiel Viaduct Seafield Branch Junction Links Brick and Tile Works Windygates Clay Pit Abbotshall Linoleum Works Abden Works Kinghorn Viaduct Tourist/other Beveridge Park |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1954 | National Coal Board Development of Seafield Colliery begins. |
| / /1955 | National Coal Board Drilling rig assembled in St David's Harbour to be used to check the under-sea reserves of the new Seafield Colliery. |
| / /1966 | National Coal Board Production begins at Seafield Colliery. |
| / /1967 | National Coal Board With Wellesley Colliery worked out, staff are moved to Seafield Colliery. |
| /05/1973 | National Coal Board 5 men killed in a roof fall at the Seafield Colliery. |
| / /1981 | National Coal Board Approximate date of underground connection between Seafield Colliery and Frances Colliery. |
| / /1988 | British Coal Corporation Cowdenbeath Central Works and offices closed by British Coal Corporation (formerly National Coal Board). (Seafield Colliery closed in 1988.) |
| / /1988 | National Coal Board Seafield Colliery closed. |
News items
| 04/03/2023 | 'I owe my life to a lazy sparky!', says former Fife coal miner as interactive mining display plan gathers pace [The Courier] |
