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Littleton Colliery

Littleton Colliery is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Littleton Colliery rather than just read about it. In short: Littleton Colliery was a deep coal mine situated two miles north of Cannock on the A34 in the village of Huntington. The colliery closed on 3 December 1993 and was the last working coal mine on the Cannock Chase Coalfield.

Key takeaways

Littleton Colliery belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Littleton Colliery to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Littleton Colliery from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Littleton Colliery was a deep coal mine situated two miles north of Cannock on the A34 in the village of Huntington. The colliery closed on 3 December 1993 and was the last working coal mine on the Cannock Chase Coalfield.

History The mine was named after Baron Hatherton, who had assumed the surname Littleton in 1812. The first workings at the mine, however, were conducted by the Cannock and Huntingdon Colliery Company in 1877. Upon sinking the first "No. 1" shaft, they encountered water at a depth of 438 ft (133 metres) and the shaft became flooded. Lord Hatherton, who owned the land on which the colliery was constructed, sunk the "No. 2" shaft in 1899 which was completed to a depth of 1,622 ft (494 metres). In the 1960s, the colliery was modernised and equipped with skip winding. After this, the production regularly surpassed 1,000,000 tons in a year. The colliery closed in 1993 following the overturning of a reprieve granted a year earlier. The colliery has now been completely demolished and the old site is shared between Littleton Green Community School and a housing development. The former spoil tip has been redeveloped into what is now known as Littleton Leisure Park and is an area for both walkers and wildlife. One of the surviving steam locomotives that worked at the colliery, Littleton No. 5, is currently stored at Avon Valley Railway undergoing overhaul.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Littleton Colliery

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Littleton Colliery claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Littleton Colliery before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Littleton Colliery ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Littleton Colliery

In research: Littleton Colliery appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Littleton Colliery in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Littleton Colliery is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Coal mines in Staffordshire, Mine stubs, Staffordshire geography stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Littleton Colliery outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Littleton Colliery in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Littleton Colliery means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Littleton Colliery out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Littleton Colliery in simple terms?

Why does Littleton Colliery matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Littleton Colliery?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Littleton Colliery.