Blackhall Colliery

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Middle Street (A1086)

Blackhall Colliery is a village on the North Sea coast of County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A1086 between Horden and Hartlepool. To the south of the Blackhall Colliery's Catholic church is Blackhall Rocks.

Built around the once extensive mining industry, Blackhall's Colliery closed in 1981. There is now an Industrial Estate built over part of the old colliery buildings, the colliery itself was pulled down in the eighties

Blackhall Colliery is on the edge of Castle Eden Dene, and Castle Eden Dene Mouth. Over the past couple of decades, there have been many changes.

Following the closure of the colliery the once busy village has economically gone down hill. As time has passed since the closure, other industries have now begun to emerge to once again create employment in the region.

With both Blackhall Colliery and Blackhall Rocks being on the main road to Peterlee and Hartlepool. This has meant that these villages have become commuter villages. Suppling workers for the now busy and expanding call centers in the nearby towns of Hartlepool and Peterlee.

Blackhall beach made a notable appearance in the 1971 film starring Michael Caine entitled Get Carter - in the climactic scenes where the main character is involved in a chase across a coal-strewn beach when seeking revenge for the death of his brother.^{[citation needed]}

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Blackhall Colliery Allotments 2007

Blackhall Colliery has a garden association, which is located around 500 yards inland from the beach front. The garden association consists of around 250 gardens covering 6 alleyways. The gardens are relatively cheap to run, as the rent is only £15 a year (which includes water rates).

However, electricity does not run throughout the gardens so generators are common which provide a useful source of energy to power lights, lawn mowers, radios, or just general electrics within a caravan.

Larry Henderson is the chairman of the Gardens association; the main office is located next to the bridge crossing over to the gardens. The garden association also has a small shop where you can purchase items like bird seed, dog mixers, pigeon and rabbit feed. The shop is open from 8.00am to 7.30pm, except on a Sunday.

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Blackhall beach	Overlooking Blackhall gardens	Blackhall gardens	Facing Seaton and Hartlepool
Standing on top of Blackhall bridge facing towards Hartlepool	The main street at Blackhall Colliery.	The main street at Blackhall Colliery.	Monument to the mining industry at Blackhall Colliery.