Location:

Cwmparc, Rhondda Fawr Valley

Sunk:

1864

Closed:

1966

The first coal was raised at Park Colliery in August 1864 and was used for coal for rail and nautical usage. During the 1926 General Strike the Ocean Coal Company was integral in promoting the South Wales Miner's Industrial Union, and following successful industrial action had 1,234 men working at the Colliery in 1935. A merger with Dare Colliery in 1955 made Park part of the biggest combine in the South Wales Coalfield. It was closed by the National Coal Board in February 1966.