Today, we've published maps showing locations of disused coal tips in Wales.

Visit our website for more information on the locations and details about in-person and online sessions to find out more.

#CoalTipMaps

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An interactive map of of disused coal tips in Wales has been published today by the Welsh Government. 👉wp.me/p8Mk4U-A3W nation.cymru/news/interacti…

In memory of Aberfan, the continuing dangers of coal tips in south Wales are highlighted online and on TV with these reports on CGTN Europe. Thanks for the cooperation.

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Cofiwch Aberfan/ Remember Aberfan.
57 years ago, at 9.15am on the morning of October 21, 1966, a spoil tip collapsed onto the Welsh village of Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults.
Never forget one of the darkest days in Wales's history.
#Aberfan #Wales #Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

On 21 October 1966, disaster struck the small south Wales village of Aberfan

A colliery spoil tip collapsed and slid down the mountain, engulfing Pantglas Junior School and a row of terraced houses

116 children and 28 adults died

Read more: bbc.in/494ckXA

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Cofiwch drychineb Aberfan am 0913 heddiw

Cofiwch am 116 o blant a 28 o oedolion a laddwyd wrth i dip gwastraff glo ddisgyn yn sgil glaw trwm gan chwalu Ysgol Pantglas a rhes o dai ar 21 Hydref 1966

Cofiwch Aberfan.

The #Aberfan Disaster occurred #OnThisDay in 1966, when a colliery spoil tip on the hill above the village slipped, engulfing the local school & other nearby buildings. A total of 144 people (116 children & 28 adults) were killed in this dreadful, heartbreaking tragedy. #Aberfan

High-risk coal tips in Wales require efficient maintenance despite limited data. This technical article utilized simplified models to investigate the potential of using #Slide3 for 3D LEM #SlopeStability analyses in facilitating proactive decision-making. bit.ly/3FpDdaW

Poignant article here from Ben Curtis about #Senghenydd . In particular the end that reflects the continued threat of coal tip landslides.

Marking these tragedies is an important way of dealing with the trauma and remembering the injustice of the responses

Clear South Wales' Coal Tips London Mining Network good reasons to leave this in the ground. Welsh Parliament where's your work plan for jobs removing old coal tips & making them safe?

Historic Vids My dad was a landslide expert and he came to South Wales after the disaster to work on stabilising tips.

Even to this day we have coal tips collapsing in South Wales. Our industrial past still haunts us and dealing with them is an expensive task.

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Welsh Government minister visit Tylorstown Landslip works for update just one of the dangerous coal tips in and around Rhondda Cynon Taf The First Minister of Wal buff.ly/3plSqFA

Welsh First Minister's announced new legislative plan includes- 'Disused Tips Safety Bill will be a world first in managing disused tips, reforming current laws around coal tip safety and give greater security to the people living in their shadow.' London Mining Network Clear South Wales' Coal Tips

Clear South Wales' Coal Tips As you know this is with Welsh Government and they have said they plan to issue full up to date list by July

Clear South Wales Coal Tips Stop Ynyshir Wind Farm 2020

You may have seen these recent notices around Ynyshir. This relates to the proposed wind turbine development above Ynyshir on the eastern hillside.

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A proposal to line this stream with a steel renforced concrete gabion was proposed in 1974 by the NCB commissioned Halcrow Reports but it never happened.

Directly below this stream, which cuts through the category D high-risk coal tip, is #Ynyshir Junior School. Worrying?

#stopwindfarm above #high -risk coal tips in South Wales!

Where does responsibility lie for our redundant coal tips? aberdareonline.co.uk/2023/02/20/whe…

Three years after the #Tylorstown #coalslide and the Welsh Government still won’t tell us where the 327 high-risk coal tips are in South Wales.

Their reclaimed natural beauty belies a much less stable ‘natural’ landmark.

‘Old Smokey’ tonight.