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Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire , England , with a population of about 45,000. It is just off junction 22 of the M1 Motorway and is between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester . Coalville is the administrative centre for North-West Leicestershire. As the name indicates, it is a former Coal -mining town. Coal has been mined in the area since medieval times and mine workings from these times can be found on the Hough Mill site at Swannington near the Califat Colliery site. A disused colliery at Snibston has been regenerated into Snibston Discovery Park , a museum focused on Transport , Mining , and Engineering . The town grew up with the advent of coal mining and the sinking of shafts on the Snibston site by Stephenson Quarry ing, textile and engineering industries grew in the town in the 1800s . The Leicester and Swannington Railway opened in 1832 and had a small station at Long Lane (now Ashby Road) in Coalville. The first street in Coalville, Long Lane, now Ashby Road, still has some of the original miner's cottages, which are next to the modern police station. Snibston colliery opened in 1833 . A fire underground at Whitwick colliery led to the deaths of 35 men in 1898 . Following the closure of the mines and the Palitoy factory in the 1980s, the town fell on hard times. Effort was put into regeneration and the Whitwick Business park now stands on top of the former Whitwick Colliery site. New business parks and industrial estates were constructed along the A511. The town is known internationally for the club night 'passion' held at the Emporium in the centre of the town. Passion has attracted international DJs such as DJ Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk to the normally sleepy town. A well known landmark at the centre of the town is the Clock Tower, a War Memorial in memory of Coalville residents who gave their lives in World War II . The town has it's own Further Education (F.E.) College, Stephenson College , which operates approximately 800 different courses in both Academic and Vocational subjects. The college has recently relocated from old mining college buildings in the centre of town to new buildings on the A511. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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