At Nene Valley Firewood, we supply top-quality kiln-dried logs with free delivery and stacking across Coalville and surrounding villages. Whether you’re in town or tucked away in the Leicestershire countryside, our local team delivers straight to your door—fast, friendly, and five-star rated. Keep your home warm with sustainably sourced wood, dried and ready to burn.

We also offer free delivery to all of the local areas around Coalville including Swannington, Hugglescote, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Griffydam, Ibstock and Packington.Whether you live near 1620’s House and Garden, close to Mount St Bernard Abbey or near Snibston Colliery Country Park, we’ll bring your logs right to your door.

You might’ve seen our delivery vans near  1620’s House and Garden, Snibston Colliery Country Park or on the A511. Whether you’re in a Victorian terrace near the town centre or a countryside home on the outskirts, we’re here to keep your firewood topped up all year round.

Send us a picture of one of our vans in Coalville and we’ll add some free firelighters to your next order!

Coalville’s historical relationship with wood and fire is rooted in two key threads—its coal-mining origins and the earlier use of wood‐based fuels like charcoal.

Coal, Fire & Industry

Coalville’s very name reflects its coal heritage: the town sprang up in the early 19th century around the mining of underground coal seams that enabled local iron-making, domestic heating, and transport via fire-fired steam engines.Coal extracted at Whitwick and Snibston collieries sustained steam-fired engines, furnace blasts, and boilers that powered local industry and livelihoods

Transition from Wood to Coal

In pre-industrial times, wood and charcoal were the traditional fuels for heating and small scale metalworking. Charcoal derived from coppiced wood, burned hotter and cleaner than raw firewood, making it valuable for early iron forges. But England’s forests, including surrounding Charnwood Forest, were gradually depleted; by the 18th and 19th centuries, coal emerged as a far more sustainable and abundant fuel option.

Fires in the Mining Landscape

Tragic underground fires, especially “gob fires”, smouldering zones in collapsed mine workings, were a serious hazard. One particularly severe incident occurred at Whitwick No. 5 in April 1898, when a fire spreading along timber supports caused fatal carbon monoxide poisoning underground.

On the surface, large fires also struck industrial facilities. For instance, an elastic-web factory fire in Coalville in April 1917 caused major loss of stock and structural damage, painting the town red with flames visible from afar.

Coalville’s connection to wood and fire begins with wood and charcoal as historical fuels, then transitions into a coal based industrial town whose furnaces and engines defined the era. Alongside that came fire as both crucial and dangerous, surface factory fires and subterranean gob-fires that claimed lives. From wooden coppice to coal shafts, fire has been a central and complex element in Coalville’s story.