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{| class=" wikitable floatright" |<imagemap>File:Highley Collieries OS Map2.jpg|400pxcircle 560 341 50 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Highley Colliery|Highley]]circle 675 172 50 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Alveley Colliery|Alveley]]circle 494 499 50 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Kinlet Colliery|Kinlet]]circle 136 136 50 [[Collieries served by the Severn Valley Railway#Billingsley Colliery|Billingsley]]desc nonedefault [[File: Highley_Collieries_OS_Map2Highley Collieries OS Map2.jpg]]</imagemap>|thumb|400px|right-| Location of collieries near Highley (Ordnance Survey 1937-1961)]]|}
The [[Wyre Forest]] Coalfield runs for around 18 miles north to south, and is up to 6 miles wide in places. The northern end is near Harpswood, south west of Bridgnorth, and the southern end near Abberley, south west of Kidderminster. Coal has been mined from surface outcrops to depths of up to 900ft.
