SUMMERLEY COKE OVENS are a Scheduled Monument.

There is a range of 48 coke ovens to the east of the line of the former Midland Railway Unstone loop much of which is followed by a public footpath.

Summerley coke ovens main structure of the range is of stone, with the ovens, arches, steps and chimneys of brick. All space surrounding the ovens within the structure is filled with stone and brick rubble.

The ovens are . They were serviced directly by sidings from the loop line. Like the railway, they date from the early 1870s and continued in use until 1921.

The ovens were in very poor condition in 2010 extremely overgrown and difficult to access. A few have been propped up but no permanent remedial work is obvious.