National Coal Mining Museum for England

Brilliant place for a family day out, recommended the mine tour. The tour guide was brilliant very knowledgeable my son enjoyed it. Cafe is good quality and good value. Kids play area excellent. Will definitely visit again

Lovely place to learn about coal mining and working conditions. Quite a lot to see, great play area for the children, short walks not too far to see all exhibitions. The tour down the pit was very interesting, one and a half hours flew by..... pity we couldn't stop longer than we did, we just called in on our way home from a weekend away. Would like to take the grandchildren in the summer and have a picnic. The food in the cafe was lovely, but it would be nice to sit in the sunshine.

Visited here with a group of friends this week, straight away you receive a warm welcome fram all the staff. The cafeteria is good and spotlessly clean and again the staff both friendly and welcoming.
The museum itself is just fantastic. Run by volunteers that obviously care about the history and are keen to share experiences, knowledge, good and bad times.
I highly recommend doing the underground tour, it's brilliant! Our guide was Chris but we also met Eric who made us laugh and feel at ease straight away!!
These little pieces of our national history should never be lost!

Had a brilliant time here. It's clean, spacious, educational and friendly. The tour underground is great, our guide got us involved and told us things about what it is like to work down there, using his own experience too, worth it and you also get a little token souvenir when you arrive and get your ticket.
Cafe ✅ car park ✅ outdoor space/walking ✅ family friendly ✅ museum/things to look at ✅ disabled friendly ✅ (not sure about the underground tour though) value for money ✅✅✅✅✅ all in all, very enjoyable for adults and young people alike.

Wow! We had an amazing visit in February 2022, the staff are so very lovely. Joe was our guide down the mines, and he was amazing! He was great with our 11 year old and answered all questions with such knowledge and experience. We would recommend visiting, it was a great day out for our little family!
Amazingly low prices and the cafe is lovely too...
There are ponies too, which made my day!
Have fun!!