Thread: Abandoned housing estate near Cannock

I came across this abandoned housing estate near Cannock some months ago when all the steel shuttering was up, however a few days ago the wrecking crew moved in so I suspect it wont be around much longer and tried to get what pictures I could.

I have not been able to find out much other than these are post war prefab houses making an estate of around 80 units. A couple of them still house people refusing to move however the rest were bought under a compulsory order.




















Thanks for looking

Possibly built for "migrating" coal miners in the 1950/ 60's?
A few estates like that round Stoke that housed miners from the North East when their pits closed & they were promised "jobs for life" in the coal industry

Hey Oildrum, thanks for your thoughts. You are probably right as the old pit was located about 1/2 mile from this estate.

It looks like the old miners estate "Coalville" in Weston Coyney, near Stoke on Trent!




from Coalville Estate

Ah....thanks for posting this. I will take a ride over here at the weekend and see if I can get some photos for comparison

Originally Posted by chedd

Ah....thanks for posting this. I will take a ride over here at the weekend and see if I can get some photos for comparison

Coalville is currently under redevelopment, but a few of the original houses are still left I think, although many of the "better" ones have had a brick skin put on them. Its now called "Western Heights"

Which Cannock pit is this abandoned estate near to?

nice , such a waste, its a shame when they end up like this
to be replaced by style less modern shoe boxes


i shall get off soap box now

Hi Oildrum.................it's near to the old Littleton pit

Littleton Colliery 1

Originally Posted by chedd

Hi Oildrum.................it's near to the old Littleton pit

Littleton Colliery 1

Thanks chedd Didn't get to visit Littleton, but did go down West Cannock 5's many moons ago.