VIDEO: Inside Kiveton pit head baths

Take a video tour inside Kiveton’s historic pithead baths before they are demolished next month.
Tour of Kiveton Pit Head baths, which are due to be demolishedTour of Kiveton Pit Head baths, which are due to be demolished
Tour of Kiveton Pit Head baths, which are due to be demolished

The former bath house served the village’s thousands of miners for nearly 60 years.

Seeing how dilapidated the building has become might leave some feeling a pang for the colliery which was once the heart of the community.

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But heritage groups have taken a keen interest in what’s left inside, and are salvaging anything they feel is of historic interest.

Tour of Kiveton Pit Head baths, which are due to be demolishedTour of Kiveton Pit Head baths, which are due to be demolished
Tour of Kiveton Pit Head baths, which are due to be demolished

Under the dust and graffiti are rooms lined with lockers and ceramic tiled shower cubicles, giving an eerie insight into its former life.

- If you would like to share memories or photos of the baths ring 01909 500500, email [email protected] or write to Worksop Guardian, 21-27 Ryton Street, Worksop, Notts, S80 2AY

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