In search of colliery ruins at Heskin near Chorley, Lancashire (Not much left)

Mr H goes on a bimble through the woods and surrounding fields of the village of Heskin near Chorley in Lancashire, in search of the remains of the 19th century Pemberton House Colliery and it's mineral railway line that both closed in 1928 and makes a surprising discovery towards the end.

[@richardgoulding4250]

G'day Mr H greetings from Australia I've been watching you for a while Mr H on my TV I can't comment on it I have to use my phone so I finally got round to doing that I'm just like to say how I enjoy your show so much thank you Richard

[@madmeddler99]

NICE 1 MR H 😎

[@richardhinchliffe1678]

Nice little vlog Mr H love watching you out on your bimbles shame you couldn’t find more on the mine but that’s how it goes sometimes but still enjoyable watch glad your can of coke was still waiting for you lol 😂

[@chris-ro5zx]

Enjoyable again mr h.

[@cragman]

Thanks Mr H, not sure what it was about, but you still pulled it out of the bag

[@frazerweb]

Glad you explored that site, you had the weather. There was also Heskin Colliery down the road near the hall but nothing remains. Maybe they used an old boiler for a culvert for the narrow gauge track. The farm that been built on was a ruin when I visited. If you ever visit Yarrow Valley Country Park there a lovely fenced of shaft of drybones colliery and a engine block stone next to River Yarrow.

[@stup1299]

That does look like a Lancashire boiler. Good find ! The end of the mineral line is on Mill Lane. If you'd gone left from the farm, past the kink in the lane there is another fairly short footpath along the remains of the embankment about half way along the straight towards Park Hall Lane. The footpath ends with what looks like an old spoil tip on the left. I haven't actually been - I used the Side by Side Georeferenced maps using the OS 6 inch 1888-1915 alongside the Bing Hybrid.

[@farangtravels3956]

Nice

[@Keithbarber]

Who used to own these mines?
Was it a coal-ation of people?

[@BarryFurey-ez3kc]

Old legaroonies not heard that one ha ha

[@cfm2969]

There’s a very famous cyclist lives there were the path starts, funny didn’t come out watching you mr H

[@singaporemick]

Famous cyclist got on his bike and moved in with a younger model in London.