Bevercotes Colliery was the first fully automated mine.

[2] The colliery was closed in 1993 and turned into a nature reserve.

[3] The mine was served by a single track, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) branch railway opened in June 1960.

[4] During the UK miners' strike (1984–85), Bevercotes Colliery voted approximately two-to-one against strike action in a ballot held on 15–16 March 1984.

[5] During the strike, Chris Butcher, a miner from Bevercotes Colliery, became well known as 'Silver Birch' who was funded by the Daily Mail to travel around the UK actively opposing the strike; he was also involved in organising legal action to block the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), who were running the strike.