Location: Near Breich in West Lothian, Scotland
Local authority: West Lothian Council
Postcode of nearby property: EH55 8NS
Site status: Restoration almost complete
Site area: c154 hectares (c380 acres)
Amount of coal recovered: c1.5 million tonnes
Other minerals recovered: c100,000 tonnes of fireclay
Restoration: Now complete. The restoration includes woodland, commercial forestry and farm land: We have planted 102,000 Sitka spruce trees in addition to 10,500 mixed broad leaved trees. We have also planted 2,750 metres of new hedges which includes in-hedge trees.
History: Banks Mining started extracting coal from this site in 2012
Registered office: Inkerman House, St John's Road, Meadowfield, Durham, DH7 8XL
Registered in England number 2267400. VAT registration number 569 3236 14
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