Cefn Coed was on my list of places to see on my original, cancelled trip in 2021 but at that time one or both of the headgears were being rebuilt and in pieces. So I suppose one of the benefits of postponing was the ability to see both in a fully restored condition, and they look brand new.

Unfortunately, the colliery museum is closed indefinitely and it is unclear when it will reopen. As it’s run by the local authority I’m presuming they must be under budgetary pressure as they all are and keeping the museum shut must be the best option sadly. Fortunately both headgears can be seen quite clearly from the road, but only the upcast could be photographed from the side as required by my typology from this perspective.

Wikipedia has a decent history, but in summary, the mine had a relatively short life with the first coal being raised in 1930, and closure occurring in 1968. One of the shafts was used to ventilate the nearby Blaenant drift mine until that to closed in 1990.

The museum opened in 1986 using the surface buildings which were all intact, and the Worsley Mesnes steam winder is still in situ but electrically driven.