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Adventure Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31519 47081

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Adventure Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Adventure Pit

In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Adventure Pit are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.0m/3.2km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.3km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1826 
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 1.1m/1.8km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 1.5m/2.5km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.3km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 1.9m/3.1km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.6km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 5.0m/8.0km  
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 5.0m/8.0km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 1.0m/1.7km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 0.6m/1.1km  
Betty Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Big Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 2.7m/4.4km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 2.3m/3.7km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 0.6m/1.1km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 0.9m/1.5km  1924
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.3km  1890
Buddle Pit Pittington 2.1m/3.4km  
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 5.0m/8.0km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 3.8m/6.1km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carmen Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 3.1m/5.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 4.8m/7.8km 1840 1850's
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.6m/5.9km  07 Nov 1924
Chance Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.0m/6.4km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.0m/6.4km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.2m/5.2km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.2m/5.2km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 1.0m/1.7km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 1.1m/1.8km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.0m/3.2km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 3.3m/5.4km  1924
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.1m/6.7km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.6m/7.5km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.6m/5.9km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 1.5m/2.5km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 3.3m/5.4km  1924
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 2.6m/4.3km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 2.6m/4.3km  1956
Ellison's Shaft  1.8m/3.0km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Engine Pit  1.5m/2.4km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 3.1m/5.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 2.6m/4.3km  
Fallowfield Quarry South Hetton 3.8m/6.1km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Fatfield Colliery Washington 4.5m/7.3km 1700's 
Field House Pit  0.8m/1.3km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.3m/5.4km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 1.3m/2.2km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 4.5m/7.3km  
Florence Pit Durham 3.0m/4.8km 1872 
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.6km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.0km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.8m/2.9km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 1.0m/1.7km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  0.8m/1.3km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
George Pit Easington Lane 2.6m/4.3km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 1.2m/2.0km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Glow O'er 'em Pit  0.8m/1.4km  
Godspeed Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 1.6m/2.7km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  0.9m/1.5km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.9m/7.9km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.0m/3.2km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 1.9m/3.1km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Haswell Colliery Haswell 4.6m/7.5km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Hat Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Haugh Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Hawthorn Coking Plant nr. Murton 4.6m/7.5km  
Hawthorn Combined Mine nr. Murton 4.6m/7.5km 02 Jan 1960 1992
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 1.5m/2.4km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.2m/6.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.8m/4.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.8m/4.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.0m/6.4km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 2.5m/4.0km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.6m/4.3km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 0.8m/1.3km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  1.8m/3.0km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 2.6m/4.3km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  3.5m/5.7km  
Jane Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 3.0m/4.9km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Joliffe Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Kepier Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 2.0m/3.3km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.3m/5.4km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  0.5m/0.9km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 2.6m/4.2km 1831 
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 2.1m/3.5km 1790 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 2.7m/4.4km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 2.6m/4.3km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 1.1m/1.8km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 2.3m/3.7km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 2.3m/3.7km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 2.3m/3.7km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 2.6m/4.2km 1831 
Lambton Pit Penshaw 3.9m/6.3km 1792 
Lane Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 0.3m/0.6km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 1.1m/1.9km 1824 1897
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 3.1m/5.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Haswell 4.6m/7.5km 02 Jul 1835 1895
Little Pit Washington 4.3m/7.0km 1894 Mar 1935
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 2.6m/4.2km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 2.6m/4.2km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  1.0m/1.7km  
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.5m/7.2km 1837 1931
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.2m/3.6km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.0m/3.3km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.8m/4.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 3.1m/5.1km  1930's
Mary Pit Durham 3.0m/4.8km  
Mary Pit Newbottle 2.8m/4.5km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.3m/5.4km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 0.6m/1.1km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  0.9m/1.5km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.2m/5.2km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.7m/6.0km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 3.6m/5.8km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 2.7m/4.4km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 1.0m/1.6km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 0.6m/1.1km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 1.7m/2.8km 1821 1935
Murton Coking Plant Murton 4.6m/7.5km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km 1774 1956
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 4.8m/7.8km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 3.9m/6.3km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.2m/6.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km 1774 1956
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 1.1m/1.8km 1817 
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 1.7m/2.8km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.0m/3.3km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.6m/5.9km 1849 
Old Engine Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Old Pit Durham 3.1m/5.0km  07 Nov 1924
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km  
Pea Flat Pit  1.6m/2.6km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.8m/7.7km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.2m/6.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.0m/3.3km  11 Jun 1891
Pity Me Pit  2.1m/3.5km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 1.0m/1.7km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 1.1m/1.8km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 1.3m/2.2km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 0.0m/0.1km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 0.6m/1.1km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  1.0m/1.7km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 0.4m/0.7km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.6km  
Row Pit Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  29 May 1965
Running Waters Quarry Durham 4.3m/6.9km  
Rush Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Sandy Pits  1.2m/2.0km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 2.7m/4.4km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.4m/5.5km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 4.5m/7.2km 1839 1875
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.7m/7.6km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
South Hetton Colliery South Hetton 4.3m/7.0km 05 Aug 1833 Jul 1982
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.5m/7.3km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.0m/6.5km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.7m/7.6km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.2m/3.6km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 3.0m/4.9km  1956
Venture Pit  0.7m/1.2km  
Victoria Pit Washington 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1935
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.3m/7.0km 1831 Apr 1926
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.9m/6.3km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.9m/6.3km 1830 
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 3.9m/6.3km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.1m/3.4km 1790 
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 4.8m/7.8km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.8m/7.7km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Woodside Pit  0.6m/1.1km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.4km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Adventure Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Adventure Pit

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