Description:Situated on Hednesford Common in a small valley, the remaining buildings are now home to the Museum of Cannock Chase . The pit was sunk in 1874 and was originally called Pool Pit, being sited near the then Hednesford Pool. The colliery company diverted Bentley Brook which had fed the pool which subsequently dried up and is now the site of Hednesford Park. The pit was closed in 1962.