About this blog


Clay Cross is a former mining town in North East Derbyshire, UK. In January 2010, work started on a major redevelopment project in the town centre. GMI Property Co. Ltd. have asked me to create a photographic record of the development, and how it changes the landscape, culture and people of the town. This blog is likely to be a diary of my activities over the next year or so.

For more information on the development see the quick links below. I've also created a Set on Flickr, where you will find a selection of the images I produce, and a Clay Cross Flickr group - see the quick links.

Sunday, 11 April 2010










My most recent visit to the site was on Friday 26 March, a gap of two weeks. I've posted some images on Flickr. Progress is continuing rapidly. By 26 March, most of the spoil heap had gone. Most of the site had been levelled to formation, and ground stabilisation work was under way. At the back of the site, a gabion wall was going in behind Egstow Place. Old buildings had completely gone. The chimney stood on its own, surrounded by a Heras fence. And setting out had just begun on what looked like an access road. Not bad progress for the worst winter in recent years. And of course lorry on lorry, loaded with spoil, was still leaving the site via the wheel wash.
My next visit will be Friday 16 April, when I'll try not to fall down any holes.

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