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  Aykley Heads Colliery  Index  Aykley Heads Colliery  
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Aykley Heads Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27200 43300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Aykley Heads Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Aykley Heads Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 2.1m/3.5km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 1.9m/3.1km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.1m/3.4km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.7m/4.4km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.8m/6.2km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.5m/5.6km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.1m/6.7km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.0m/4.9km  Mar 1947
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.7m/4.4km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.8m/4.6km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 1.8m/2.9km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 1.9m/3.1km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 1.8m/2.9km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 4.6m/7.4km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.4km  
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.8m/6.2km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.9m/7.9km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.5km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 3.8m/6.1km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 2.5m/4.1km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 2.6m/4.2km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.9m/6.3km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.5m/4.1km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 1.8m/2.9km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.6m/7.5km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.7m/4.4km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.0m/4.8km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.6m/5.9km  
Busty Pit Waldridge 3.5m/5.7km 1875 Apr 1926
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 3.8m/6.1km 1840 1850's
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km  07 Nov 1924
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.6m/5.8km  
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.8m/6.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.8m/6.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1836 1872?
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.0m/4.8km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 0.1m/0.2km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.8m/6.2km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.4m/3.9km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.5m/7.3km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 0.1m/0.2km  1924
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.8m/7.7km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.8km  
Engine Pit  5.0m/8.0km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.8m/7.7km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 4.3m/7.0km  
Field House Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 2.6m/4.3km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.5m/4.1km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 2.3m/3.8km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 1.0m/1.7km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 1.0m/1.7km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.7km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
George Pit Lumley 3.7m/6.0km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 2.0m/3.2km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.8m/4.6km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.7m/7.6km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.9m/7.9km 1818 
Hett Colliery Hett 4.0m/6.5km  
Coal Drift Hett 4.0m/6.4km  
Coal Shaft Hett 3.8m/6.2km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 3.8m/6.2km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 4.5m/7.2km  bef. 1894
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.0m/6.5km  1951
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.6m/7.5km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 3.6m/5.9km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.6m/5.8km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 2.8m/4.5km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 1.8m/2.9km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.5km 1817 
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.6m/5.8km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 1.0m/1.7km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 1.7m/2.8km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 2.3m/3.7km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 2.6m/4.2km  
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.7km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 5.0m/8.0km  Aug 1963
Lane Pit West Rainton 3.8m/6.2km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.0m/6.4km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.0m/6.5km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 3.6m/5.9km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.0m/4.8km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.8m/6.2km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 1.6m/2.6km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.8m/7.8km  
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.0m/6.5km  1951
Mary Pit Durham 1.0m/1.7km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.2m/6.8km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 2.5m/4.0km 1871 Dec 1950
Middle Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 2.5m/4.1km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 2.8m/4.6km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 4.6m/7.5km 1821 1935
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.8m/6.2km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.1m/5.1km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.6m/7.5km 1817 
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 4.6m/7.5km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.9m/6.3km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 1.6m/2.6km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 1.0m/1.7km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 4.8m/7.8km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 4.6m/7.5km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 4.8m/7.8km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.9m/6.3km  11 Jun 1891
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.5m/7.2km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.6m/7.4km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.8m/7.7km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.2m/6.8km  
Redhouse Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.8km 1816 
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 3.6m/5.9km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.6m/5.8km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  4.3m/7.0km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 2.6m/4.2km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.9m/6.3km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.2m/5.2km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.5m/5.6km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 2.5m/4.1km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.1m/5.1km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.4m/7.1km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 1.1m/1.8km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.7m/7.6km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 2.4m/3.9km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.0m/6.4km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.7m/7.6km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.7m/7.6km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 5.0m/8.0km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.7m/7.6km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1854 1968
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km  30 Nov 1920
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.3m/5.3km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Venture Pit  3.7m/6.0km  
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.3m/7.0km 1831 Apr 1926
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 5.0m/8.0km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.9m/7.9km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 2.7m/4.4km 1836 1875
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.7m/4.4km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.5m/5.6km  
Woodside Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Aykley Heads Colliery

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