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Dist:0.2km<br/>The forestry commission is creating walks and car parking into Wombwell woods. This area was recently open cast coal mined.
©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.2km<br/>On the footpath to Blacker Hill, with Wombwell Wood in the middle distance.
©Chris Yeates
Dist:0.3km<br/>Recently a significant coal opencast site (as get a map) was here.
©Steve Fareham
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©Martin Speck
Dist:0.6km<br/>This pillar is in poor condition and may have even been moved from its original position. Never mind - the views across to the west from here are some of the most expansive in the county.
©Jonathan Clitheroe
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©Graham Hogg
Dist:0.7km<br/>This is the smaller of the two reservoirs in Wombwell Wood. A favourite spot for local fishermen and a delightful walk at any time of year. This view was taken on a frosty afternoon in February 2008.
©James Harte
Dist:0.7km<br/>A small outlier of woodland which has survived opencasting (indicated by now redundant 'Danger Excavation' signs at the field edge).
©Chris Yeates
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©Steve Fareham
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©Martin Speck
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©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.8km<br/>The most Southerly corner of Wombwell Wood to the North of Wood Walk. The "field" in the foreground has just been planted as a "new forest" after a local farmer has spent the last 30 years clearing it of scrub and small trees to make it arable.
©James Harte
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©Steve Fareham
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©Graham Hogg
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©Steve Fareham

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