Snibston Discovery Museum
Snibston is an area and former civil parish east of Ravenstone, now in the parish of Ravenstone with Snibstone, in the North West Leicestershire district, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Originally rural, part of Snibston was transformed into a coal mining village by the opening of coal mines by the Snibston Colliery Company in the early 1830s. This industrial part of Snibston was subsequently subsumed into the developing town of Coalville, though small rural areas of Snibston survive within the civil parishes of Ravenstone with Snibston and Hugglescote and Donington le Heath. In the part of Snibston within the latter civil parish stands the 13th-century church of St Mary, noted as the smallest church still in use for regular worship in England. The main Snibston Colliery was sunk in 1831, and after its closure the Snibston Country Park with the Snibston Discovery Museum was built on part of the colliery site. Part of the park is Snibston Grange Local Nature Reserve.
Quick facts
- Type
- Culture
- Location
- North West Leicestershire
- Coordinates
- 52.72732, -1.38231
Nearby
Within 500m: 3 cafes, 0 restaurants, 7 businesses, 1 other places
Within 1000m: 21 cafes, 0 restaurants, 65 businesses, 2 other places , 1 hotels
Within 2000m: 27 cafes, 0 restaurants, 94 businesses, 2 other places , 1 hotels
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