Editing Treacle mining (section)

==Actual places==
[[File:Treacle Mine pub Essex.jpg|thumb|upright|The Treacle Mine public house in [[Thurrock]], Essex]]
Several [[public house]]s, restaurants and hotels have borne the name. The Treacle Mine public house in [[Grays, Essex|Grays]], [[Thurrock]], Essex (pictured above) is an example, and the adjacent [[Treacle Mine Roundabout]], which features on the local bus timetable, is named after the public house.

There is a restaurant/pub named Treacle Mine in [[Polegate]], East Sussex.<ref>{{cite web|last=Table Table|title=Treacle Mine Restaurant|url=http://www.tabletable.co.uk/content/tabletable/our-pubs/brighton/treacle-mine.html|publisher=Whitbread plc|access-date=30 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003223837/http://www.tabletable.co.uk/content/tabletable/our-pubs/brighton/treacle-mine.html|archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> The name refers to the Polegate treacle mines, a long-running tale in the area that is very popular, with locals dressing as treacle miners for the 1978 Eastbourne carnival.  The origins are believed to be associated with a nearby sweet factory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.whitbreadinns.co.uk/treacle-mine-pub-and-restaurant/story |title=Treacle Mine Whitbread Inns Restaurant in Polegate, Eastbourne &#124; Whitbread Inns |website=www.whitbreadinns.co.uk |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref>

The Broomsquire Hotel in [[Tadley]], Hampshire, was previously the Treacle Mine Hotel; and another Treacle Mine pub is in [[Hereford]].

Since April 2009 the town of [[Wincanton]] in Somerset, twinned with [[Ankh-Morpork]], has had a Treacle Mine Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/7984118.stm|title=Roads named after Discworld books|publisher=BBC News|date=5 April 2009|access-date=2011-08-17}}</ref>