Free of charge coal mining information
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-13)

How to access and use the coal mining information for England, Scotland and Wales held in the national coal mining database.

The Mining Remediation Authority holds coal mining data in a national database. This provides information on past and present coal mining.

The map viewer and the web mapping services are provided free of charge.

More information about accessing coal mining abandonment plans, photographs, licensing information, property deeds and documents. (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coal-mining-records-data-deeds-and-documents)

Mining Remediation Authority map viewer

The Mining Remediation Authority map viewer (https://datamine-cauk.hub.arcgis.com) allows you to view selected coal mining information in your browser graphically.

Reasons to use this information include:
- finding out if a property is affected by coal mining
- checking if your site is in a high risk area
- checking for coal and mine entries on or near the surface
To check a particular location either enter a post code or use your mouse to zoom in to view the surrounding area.

Turning on selected data layers will let you see various coal mining data (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coal-mining-data) on top of the map. Clicking on any data points or areas will provide some further detailed information.

Terms and conditions of use are provided on the splash screen on the map viewer. Please be aware that this data represents a snap shot in time from the national coal mining database which is regularly updated with new information.

Web mapping services

To analyse coal mining data against your own data you will need to use geographic information systems (GIS) software.

The datasets available are all raster images without details of individual features, see available Mining Remediation Authority data (#Available-Mining-Remediation-Authority-data) if you have more specific needs.

Enter the address of the dataset you want into your web mapping service client (tip: right click and copy shortcut).
- coal mining reporting areas (the areas in which the Mining Remediation Authority recommend a mining report): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_coal_mining_reporting_areas/MapServer/WMSServer
- mine entries (the centre point of only coal mine entries as derived from plans held by the Mining Remediation Authority): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_mine_entries/MapServer/WMSServer
- development risk and coal resource areas (a combination of data layers relevant to planners, planning policy officers and asset managers): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_planning_policy_constraints/MapServer/WMSServer
- specific risk (more detailed information that, together, make up the development risk area data relevant to planners, planning policy officers and asset managers): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_specific_risk/MapServer/WMSServer
- abandoned mines catalogue (a geographic catalogue of the plans of abandoned mines held by the Mining Remediation Authority): https://map.bgs.ac.uk/arcgis/services/CoalAuthority/coalauthority_abandoned_mines/MapServer/WMSServer
Open Government Licence v3

The Mining Remediation Authority has made data sets available for use by third parties under the Open Government Licence v3:
- Mining Remediation Authority managed tips
- Mining Remediation Authority mine water treatment schemes
Please contact us by email at xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) if you’re interested in licensing these data sets.

Available Mining Remediation Authority data

If you need full vector data, including feature details, then contact us at xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx) to discuss your requirements. Pricing is worked out on an individual basis depending on the amount and type of data that is required.

Technical details of the available data, such as formats and coordinate systems, can be found in the coal mining data metadata documents (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coal-mining-data).