Brinsley Colliery was a coal mine in west Nottinghamshire, close to the boundary with Derbyshire, in what is now Broxtowe district.

It is now reclaimed and is a picnic site and conservation area, east of the fast-flowing busy A608 road between Eastwood and junction 27 of the M1 at Felley.

[1] Arthur Lawrence's father, Bert, worked at the pit.

There is also reference of this mine in DH Lawrence's short story Odour of Chrysanthemums and this is a focal point of life in the novel In his book Sons and Lovers, published in May 1913, the colliery is called Beggarlee.

[2] The film, directed by Freddie Francis, won the 1960 Academy Award for Best Cinematography.