Residents living on a coalfield, every council ranked
Where past coal mining may have left shafts or shallow workings, so a conveyancer orders a mining search before a sale. Figures for August 2026, published for 350 councils in England, Wales and Scotland. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.
Joint lowest: 205 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Thurrock, 0%. Joint highest: 29 councils, 100%.
| Place | Council | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 joint | Aberdeen CityScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | AberdeenshireScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | AdurSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | AngusScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | ArunSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | AshfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BaberghEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Barking and DagenhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BarnetLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BasildonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BedfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BexleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlabyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BlackpoolNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | BostonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Bracknell ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BraintreeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrecklandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BrentwoodEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Brighton and HoveSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroadlandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromleyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | BromsgroveWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | BroxbourneEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | BuckinghamshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | CambridgeEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CamdenLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Castle PointEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Central BedfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CeredigionWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CharnwoodEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChelmsfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | CheltenhamSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CherwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ChichesterSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | City of LondonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | ColchesterEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ConwyWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | CornwallSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CotswoldSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | CrawleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | CroydonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | DacorumEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | DartfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | DenbighshireWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | DorsetSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Dundee CityScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | EalingLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | East CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | East HampshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | East HertfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | East LindseyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | East SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastbourneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EastleighSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ElmbridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | EnfieldLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epping ForestEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Epsom and EwellSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | ExeterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | FarehamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | FenlandEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | FyldeNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GloucesterSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | GosportSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GraveshamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Great YarmouthEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | GreenwichLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | GuildfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | GwyneddWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | HackneyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Hammersmith and FulhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarboroughEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaringeyLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarlowEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HarrowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HartSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HastingsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HavantSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HaveringLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HertsmereEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | HillingdonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HorshamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | HounslowLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | HuntingdonshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | InverclydeScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | IpswichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isle of WightSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Isles of ScillySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | IslingtonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kensington and ChelseaLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | Kingston upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LambethLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LeicesterEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LewesSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | LewishamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | LincolnEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | LutonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MaidstoneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MaldonEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | MedwaySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MertonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mid SussexSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MiddlesbroughNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Milton KeynesSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Mole ValleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | MorayScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | New ForestSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewhamLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | NewportWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 0% |
| 1 joint | North HertfordshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | North KestevenEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | North NorfolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | NorwichEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Orkney IslandsScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | OxfordSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | PeterboroughEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | PlymouthSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | PortsmouthSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | PrestonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ReadingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedbridgeLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RedditchWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Reigate and BansteadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Richmond upon ThamesLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | RochfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | RotherSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RunnymedeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RushmoorSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | RutlandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | Scottish BordersScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | SeftonNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SevenoaksSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Shetland IslandsScotland | 0% |
| 1 joint | SloughSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | South CambridgeshireEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South HamsSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | South HollandEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South KestevenEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | South NorfolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | South OxfordshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | South RibbleNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthamptonSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Southend-on-SeaEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | SouthwarkLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SpelthorneSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | St AlbansEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | StevenageEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stockton-on-TeesNorth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | StroudSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Surrey HeathSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SuttonLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwaleSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | SwindonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TandridgeSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TeignbridgeSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | TendringEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Test ValleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TewkesburySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThanetSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Three RiversEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | ThurrockEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tonbridge and MallingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | TorbaySouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tower HamletsLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | Tunbridge WellsSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | UttlesfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of GlamorganWales | 0% |
| 1 joint | Vale of White HorseSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Waltham ForestLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WandsworthLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WatfordEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WaverleySouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WealdenSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Welwyn HatfieldEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | West BerkshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | West DevonSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | West LindseyEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | West OxfordshireSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | West SuffolkEast of England | 0% |
| 1 joint | WestminsterLondon | 0% |
| 1 joint | WiltshireSouth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WinchesterSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WirralNorth West | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WokinghamSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorcesterWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WorthingSouth East | 0% |
| 1 joint | WychavonWest Midlands | 0% |
| 1 joint | WyreNorth West | 0% |
| 206 joint | HerefordshireWest Midlands | 0.2% |
| 206 joint | LancasterNorth West | 0.2% |
| 206 joint | LiverpoolNorth West | 0.2% |
| 209 | DarlingtonNorth East | 0.3% |
| 210 joint | HartlepoolNorth East | 0.6% |
| 210 joint | HighlandScotland | 0.6% |
| 210 joint | Westmorland and FurnessNorth West | 0.6% |
| 213 joint | Argyll and ButeScotland | 0.8% |
| 213 joint | DerbyEast Midlands | 0.8% |
| 215 joint | MonmouthshireWales | 1% |
| 215 joint | WarwickWest Midlands | 1% |
| 217 | CardiffWales | 1.1% |
| 218 | Wyre ForestWest Midlands | 1.2% |
| 219 | Isle of AngleseyWales | 1.3% |
| 220 | Perth and KinrossScotland | 1.5% |
| 221 | SomersetSouth West | 1.8% |
| 222 joint | North DevonSouth West | 1.9% |
| 222 joint | Redcar and ClevelandNorth East | 1.9% |
| 224 | North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber | 2% |
| 225 | Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West | 2.1% |
| 226 | Malvern HillsWest Midlands | 3.1% |
| 227 | TraffordNorth West | 4.2% |
| 228 | Ribble ValleyNorth West | 4.4% |
| 229 | East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 4.9% |
| 230 | RugbyWest Midlands | 5.1% |
| 231 | SolihullWest Midlands | 5.4% |
| 232 | YorkYorkshire and the Humber | 6.1% |
| 233 | Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands | 6.3% |
| 234 | Dumfries and GallowayScotland | 7.9% |
| 235 | PowysWales | 8.6% |
| 236 | Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands | 9.3% |
| 237 | East StaffordshireWest Midlands | 9.6% |
| 238 | CanterburySouth East | 10.7% |
| 239 | BirminghamWest Midlands | 11.1% |
| 240 | Cheshire EastNorth West | 11.5% |
| 241 | North SomersetSouth West | 11.9% |
| 242 | PembrokeshireWales | 13.5% |
| 243 | North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber | 17.2% |
| 244 | StaffordWest Midlands | 17.6% |
| 245 | City of EdinburghScotland | 20.8% |
| 246 | ShropshireWest Midlands | 25.5% |
| 247 | LichfieldWest Midlands | 26.1% |
| 248 | TorridgeSouth West | 28.1% |
| 249 | MeltonEast Midlands | 32.1% |
| 250 | Bath and North East SomersetSouth West | 32.3% |
| 251 | West DunbartonshireScotland | 33.6% |
| 252 | StockportNorth West | 37.7% |
| 253 | CumberlandNorth West | 38.1% |
| 254 | High PeakEast Midlands | 38.6% |
| 255 | KnowsleyNorth West | 39.8% |
| 256 | TorfaenWales | 41% |
| 257 | South StaffordshireWest Midlands | 41.2% |
| 258 | Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands | 42.1% |
| 259 joint | ErewashEast Midlands | 42.9% |
| 259 joint | Folkestone and HytheSouth East | 42.9% |
| 261 | South AyrshireScotland | 44.5% |
| 262 | HaltonNorth West | 45.7% |
| 263 | West LancashireNorth West | 47.5% |
| 264 | BridgendWales | 49.8% |
| 265 | South DerbyshireEast Midlands | 51.1% |
| 266 | ManchesterNorth West | 51.3% |
| 267 | StirlingScotland | 56.1% |
| 268 | Forest of DeanSouth West | 58.6% |
| 269 | East LothianScotland | 59.2% |
| 270 | South GloucestershireSouth West | 61.4% |
| 271 | Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands | 61.7% |
| 272 | CarmarthenshireWales | 62.3% |
| 273 | Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands | 65.1% |
| 274 | North WarwickshireWest Midlands | 66.8% |
| 275 | RushcliffeEast Midlands | 67% |
| 276 | WarringtonNorth West | 67.6% |
| 277 | CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber | 67.9% |
| 278 | BroxtoweEast Midlands | 68.3% |
| 279 | ChorleyNorth West | 69.6% |
| 280 | North AyrshireScotland | 71.1% |
| 281 | BristolSouth West | 71.6% |
| 282 | East RenfrewshireScotland | 74.4% |
| 283 | FlintshireWales | 75.1% |
| 284 | PendleNorth West | 75.6% |
| 285 | FifeScotland | 75.9% |
| 286 | TamworthWest Midlands | 77.6% |
| 287 | BassetlawEast Midlands | 80% |
| 288 | WolverhamptonWest Midlands | 80.9% |
| 289 | South LanarkshireScotland | 81.1% |
| 290 | North West LeicestershireEast Midlands | 82.2% |
| 291 | East AyrshireScotland | 82.5% |
| 292 | NorthumberlandNorth East | 83.4% |
| 293 | BradfordYorkshire and the Humber | 84.8% |
| 294 | LeedsYorkshire and the Humber | 85.3% |
| 295 | Telford and WrekinWest Midlands | 85.6% |
| 296 | DudleyWest Midlands | 86.4% |
| 297 | RenfrewshireScotland | 87.4% |
| 298 | Amber ValleyEast Midlands | 88.3% |
| 299 | SandwellWest Midlands | 88.8% |
| 300 | Merthyr TydfilWales | 89.2% |
| 301 | SwanseaWales | 89.7% |
| 302 | WrexhamWales | 90.1% |
| 303 | NottinghamEast Midlands | 92.1% |
| 304 joint | CoventryWest Midlands | 92.2% |
| 304 joint | SalfordNorth West | 92.2% |
| 306 | County DurhamNorth East | 93.4% |
| 307 | OldhamNorth West | 94.4% |
| 308 | CaerphillyWales | 95% |
| 309 | Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands | 95.5% |
| 310 | ClackmannanshireScotland | 95.9% |
| 311 | Blackburn with DarwenNorth West | 96.6% |
| 312 | TamesideNorth West | 96.7% |
| 313 | WalsallWest Midlands | 96.9% |
| 314 | West LothianScotland | 98.1% |
| 315 | KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber | 98.4% |
| 316 joint | East DunbartonshireScotland | 98.6% |
| 316 joint | MidlothianScotland | 98.6% |
| 318 | DoverSouth East | 98.9% |
| 319 | Rhondda Cynon TafWales | 99.4% |
| 320 | Blaenau GwentWales | 99.6% |
| 321 | North LanarkshireScotland | 99.8% |
| 322 joint | AshfieldEast Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber | 100% |
| 322 joint | BolsoverEast Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | BoltonNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | BurnleyNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | BuryNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | Cannock ChaseWest Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | ChesterfieldEast Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber | 100% |
| 322 joint | FalkirkScotland | 100% |
| 322 joint | GatesheadNorth East | 100% |
| 322 joint | GedlingEast Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | Glasgow CityScotland | 100% |
| 322 joint | HyndburnNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | MansfieldEast Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | Neath Port TalbotWales | 100% |
| 322 joint | Newcastle upon TyneNorth East | 100% |
| 322 joint | North East DerbyshireEast Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | North TynesideNorth East | 100% |
| 322 joint | RochdaleNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | RossendaleNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber | 100% |
| 322 joint | SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber | 100% |
| 322 joint | South TynesideNorth East | 100% |
| 322 joint | St. HelensNorth West | 100% |
| 322 joint | Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands | 100% |
| 322 joint | SunderlandNorth East | 100% |
| 322 joint | WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber | 100% |
| 322 joint | WiganNorth West | 100% |
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- Northern Ireland. The Mining Remediation Authority maps Great Britain's coalfields only.
Mining Remediation Authority, Coalfield Consultation Areas, 17 August 2026, read at every census area · August 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured
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