The Blidworth branch was 4 miles and 45 chains long, connecting Blidworth colliery to both the former GCR, south of Mansfield concentration sidings, and to the MR Mansfield to Southwell line at Blidworth Colliery Junction. It was subsequently served by both the LNER and the LMS - and later by BR - to move the coal out. Blidworth colliery was active between 1926 and 1989.
The route is now a leisure trail and cycleway, which can be accessed from the Farnsfield to Rainworth road at the girder bridge shown in the photographs. At the former entrance to the colliery in Blidworth, there is a modest display outside the modern leisure centre, which incorporates the old pit winding gear wheels, a plaque devoted to the men who worked there and a rather tired looking mosaic remembering the pit.
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