When Herrington New Pit closed, it was the end of more than 200 years of coal mining in the area. Herrington Country Park was once a colliery. Colliery Herrington Colliery originally opened in 1874.

What a transformation we’ve seen at Herrington Country Park. The former colliery site began to take shape as a beauty haven 25 years ago today and the Sunderland Echo was there to grab photo memories ...

Dressed up for the last Christmas lunch at New Herrington Colliery canteen were (left to right) Belle Armstrong, Anne Hughes, Sandra Pickford and Margaret Beck in 1983.

The former Herrington Colliery, which was opened in 1874 and closed in 1985, had the largest waste heap in the region. By 1960, almost 1,800 people were employed there. Herrington Park in the snow.

Herrington Country Park is on the site of a colliery that closed in 1985 The plans will see Herrington Country Park's main cafe car park more than double in size, from 62 spaces to 129.

He was a Coal Hewer at Herrington Colliery and worked with a machine called a pneumatic pick. Also I asked what kind of food did he eat? He mainly eat fry-ups and dinners.

Herrington Country Park, on more than 400-acres of restored colliery land in the shadow of Penshaw Monument, will be the new regular venue for the country show, which dates back to 1841.

Councillors voted unanimously to approve the scheme, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Herrington Country Park covers almost 200 hectares and is on the site of a former colliery.