The colliery closed in 1986 after 117 years as the lifeblood of the community – but it was 10 years before a workable scheme for decontaminating and developing the site was formulated, allowing developer Waystone to start work in the closing months of 1996. Take a look back at almost a quarter century of work on the site with our photo gallery - and find out more about the site and development here.
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Wakefield College's Castleford is also on the former Glasshoughton Colliery site. Photo: Waystone
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Consultation: A Glasshoughton Community Forum meeting in progress in 1997. Photo: Waystone
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A workman lowers the time capsule containing artefacts and memorabilia into one of the last remaining mineshafts ,in a symbolic celebration to "seal the past and save the future" of the old colliery and coking works land. Photo: Waystone
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Participants in a summer street art project hosted by Waystone in 1997. Photo: Waystone