Question: are there any coal mines left in england?
Answer: All of the 4 million tonnes of coal mined in the UK in 2016 were from open-cast coal mines. ... The last deep coal mine in the UK closed on 18 December 2015. Twenty-six open cast mines still remained in operation at the end of 2015. Banks Mining said in 2018 they planned to start mining a new site in County Durham.