Today, the site serves as the headquarters of the Forest of Dean Railway Society. The area’s drainage adit is noted as the lowest drainage point in the Forest of Dean.

• 1855-1860 J. Morell
• 1865-1875 J. Morell’s Exors
• 1890 Old Norchard Colliery Co.

The Norchard mining area was originally owned by Richard Thomas, who also operated the Lydney Tinplate Works. By 1923, coal from the site was being supplied directly to the nearby power station. Ownership later passed to Lord Bledisloe. The various mines worked at different times in the area included Norchard Level, Norchard Pit, Norchard Colliery Slant (also known as Norchard Drift Mine), and Holmes Level. The Trenchard Seam was worked extensively; it averaged 4.5 feet thick, with recorded maxima up to 13 feet. The Slant accessed the Trenchard Seam directly and was later extended by cross-measure level to reach the Coleford High Delf seam. In 1937, a new slant—Norchard Drift Mine (NGR SO 6246 0615)—was driven near Pillowell, 550 yards E 20° S of the railway crossing at Whitecroft.