You can't escape coal in Stainforth. It's embedded in the houses, the streets, the pubs, the dilapidated petrol station and the row of abandoned shops that once drew crowds to the high street. More ...

"It was like a trauma centre. I largely ignored the screams, because you heard screams all the time. After a number of years, you just didn't react to them anymore." That's how Andrew* describes ...

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The two headstocks, which served the Hatfield Colliery, were given listed status in 2015 Ten years since the closure of Hatfield Colliery in Stainforth, the penultimate mine to close in Yorkshire, ...

STARTING out by walking the banks of the River Ribble from Settle the route climbs steeply, but briefly from Stainforth before through limestone scenery with spectacular views over the dale. Go soon ...

TAKE in the salmon jumping at Stainforth Falls in this week's walk which combines waterfalls, a riverside stroll along the River Ribble and some lovely limestone scenery. The town of Settle and ...

Network Rail said the track could not be repaired until the spoil heap is stabilised The mayor of a South Yorkshire town overlooked by a spoil heap which collapsed said "it could have been another ...

To those who have never visited Stainforth its name – the Old English for 'stony ford’ – conjurs a bucolic image. Despite King Edward III, who is credited with transforming England into one of the ...