Snailbeach Mine – MERLIN GROWERS

Snailbeach Mine Open Days 2024

The mine site buildings will be open on the days below, with underground tours available as indicated. The longer tours into Perkins (Roberts) Level will be approximately once a month and must be pre-booked by contacting

bookings@shropshiremines.org.uk

The site will normally be open between 11.00 am and 4.00 pm. Last tours into Day Level start no later than 3.30pm.

Perkins Level tours, when run on Open Days, will normally start at 11.00am and 2.00pm, but additional tours might be organised if volunteers are available. For Open Days when there are Perkins Level tours, these will have priority and Day Level tours will only run if sufficient volunteers are available. Check Facebook Group ‘Snailbeach Lead Mine’ for updates on Open Day plans.

All opening plans subject to availabilty of volunteers – check Facebook or Twitter for latest.
Additional days may be added through the year.

Above is a map of Snailbeach in approx 1882 (Click to expand) copyright O.S

1 GREYS WORKS 2 HALVANS ENGNE HOUSE 3 ROCKS AND MINERALS 4 LOCOMOTIVE SHED 5 MINE OFFICE 6 BLACKSMITHS SHOP 7 PUMPING HOUSE 8 GEORGES SHAFT 9 ENGINE HOUSE 10 VISITOR CENTRE	21 BLACK TOM SHAFT 22 WINDING ENGINE SHED 23 VALVE HOUSE 24 UPPER WORKS 25 PERKINS LEVEL 26 EXPLOSIVES MAGAZINE 27 RAILWAY TRACK 28 HEWITTS POOL 29 CANDLE HOUSE 30 CHAPEL SHAFT (AT LORDSHILL CHAPEL)
11 DAY LEVEL 12 CRUSHER HOUSE 13 CARPENTERS SHOP 14 SAW PIT 15 COMPRESSOR HOUSE 16 BOILER HOUSE AND CHIMNEY 17 DRESSING FLOOR 18 ORE HOUSE 19 RAILWAY LINES 20 ORE PROCESSING AREA	31 BLAKEMOOR GATE (LONG WALK PAST LORDSHILL CHAPEL) 32 RESTING HILL CHIMNEY 33 PUMPING ENGINE SHED 34 ENGINE SHAFT 35 WINDING ENGINE HOUSE 36 MAIN FLUE 37 INSPECTION PIT TUNNEL 38 INCLINED RAILWAY 39 CIRCULAR BUDDLES 40 SCOTT LEVEL
Some numbers are off map