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Abbey Wood Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28300 46600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Abbey Wood Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Abbey Wood Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 3.2m/5.2km  06 Apr 1984
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.6m/4.3km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.4m/5.5km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 2.0m/3.2km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 3.0m/4.9km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.3m/7.0km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.3m/7.0km 1858 
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 3.2m/5.2km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.6m/4.3km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 0.7m/1.2km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 3.1m/5.1km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.1m/5.1km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 3.1m/5.1km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.3m/3.7km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 2.6m/4.3km  
Betty Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Big Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.5m/7.2km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.7m/7.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 3.3m/5.3km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 2.6m/4.2km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.6m/7.5km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.7m/7.6km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 1.4m/2.3km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 3.8m/6.1km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.6m/4.3km  1890
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.9m/6.3km 1867 Feb 1965
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.3m/5.4km  
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.8m/6.1km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.1m/3.4km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 1.7m/2.8km  07 Nov 1924
Chance Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.1m/5.0km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.2km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.2km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.9m/3.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.9m/3.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 2.3m/3.7km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 1.0m/1.6km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 0.3m/0.6km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 2.0m/3.3km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.5m/7.3km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.5m/7.2km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.1m/5.0km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 1.7m/2.8km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 3.5m/5.6km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 2.0m/3.3km  1924
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.6m/5.8km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 4.5m/7.3km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.0m/6.5km  1956
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.2m/6.8km  
Ellison's Shaft  3.3m/5.4km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.1km  
Engine Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Engine Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.7m/7.6km 1870 Dec 1950
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 4.6m/7.5km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Fatfield Colliery Washington 5.0m/8.0km 1700's 
Field House Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 0.6m/1.1km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.5m/4.1km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.3m/6.9km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 2.3m/3.7km 1872 
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.1km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.8km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 2.3m/3.7km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
George Pit Craghead 4.9m/7.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Easington Lane 4.5m/7.3km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 1.6m/2.7km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.1m/6.7km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.5m/7.3km  
Glow O'er 'em Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Godspeed Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 1.6m/2.7km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  2.6m/4.2km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.9m/7.9km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.8m/7.8km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 0.3m/0.6km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 0.7m/1.2km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Hat Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Haugh Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 3.5m/5.6km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.3m/7.0km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.3m/7.0km  
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.9m/7.9km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.6m/7.4km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.4m/7.1km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.8m/3.0km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 4.1m/6.6km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.3m/6.9km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 2.2m/3.6km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 4.5m/7.3km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Jane Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Joliffe Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.9m/6.3km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 1.9m/3.1km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 1.3m/2.2km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1831 
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 3.2m/5.2km 1790 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.1m/5.0km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 4.5m/7.3km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 2.6m/4.3km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 3.3m/5.3km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 3.3m/5.3km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 3.3m/5.3km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1831 
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.7m/7.6km 1792 
Lane Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 2.3m/3.8km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.5m/7.2km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 2.8m/4.5km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.7m/7.6km 1840 Dec 1950
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.6km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.1m/5.1km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  2.9m/4.7km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.9m/4.7km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.7m/4.4km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.9m/7.9km  1951
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.4m/7.1km  1930's
Mary Pit Durham 2.3m/3.7km  
Mary Pit Newbottle 4.0m/6.5km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 2.6m/4.2km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.6m/7.5km 1871 Dec 1950
Middle Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 1.5m/2.5km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.3m/7.0km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.6m/7.5km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.7m/7.6km 1870 Dec 1950
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.7m/7.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 1.5m/2.5km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 1.6m/2.7km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 3.6m/5.9km 1821 1935
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km 1774 1956
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.1m/5.1km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 2.4m/3.9km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.6m/7.5km 1858 17 Jul 1953
New D Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km 1832 
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.1m/6.7km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 3.0m/4.8km 1817 
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.7m/7.6km 1840 Dec 1950
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 3.6m/5.9km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.5m/5.6km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.1m/5.1km 1849 
Old Engine Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Old Pit Durham 1.3m/2.1km  07 Nov 1924
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km  
Pea Flat Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.6m/5.8km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.5m/5.6km  11 Jun 1891
Pity Me Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 2.6m/4.3km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 3.1m/5.0km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 3.3m/5.4km  
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 2.6m/4.2km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  3.0m/4.9km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 1.8m/2.9km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.6m/7.4km  
Row Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  29 May 1965
Running Waters Quarry Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.1m/5.0km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  3.2m/5.2km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.1m/5.0km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 4.1m/6.6km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.9m/6.3km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.0m/4.9km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 4.1m/6.7km 1839 1875
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.8m/7.8km  01 Mar 1968
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.6m/7.5km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.1km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 3.1m/5.1km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.7m/6.0km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.5m/7.3km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.7m/6.0km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.9m/4.7km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 4.2m/6.8km  1956
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.5m/7.3km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.0m/6.5km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.3m/7.0km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km  30 Nov 1920
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.8m/7.7km  
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.6m/7.4km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Venture Pit  2.6m/4.2km  
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 2.8m/4.6km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km  22 Jul 1949
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 3.6m/5.8km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.6m/5.8km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.3m/7.0km 1858 1921
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.3m/6.9km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km 1830 
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 4.0m/6.4km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 3.1m/5.0km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 4.9m/7.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.8m/4.5km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.1m/5.0km  
Woodside Pit  1.6m/2.7km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.3km  

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