Tyning Batch photo by Neil Gould

 

Batch is a local word describing coal spoil heaps that have trees and greenery grown on them. There are a lot of them locally. In the old days miners would meet there when the pubs closed to gamble but nowadays they are used by children to play in or people walking their dogs. Countless generations of locals played in them. Both Midsomer Norton and Radstock have many of them. They are part of the landscape.