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Allotment Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23468 40190

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Allotment Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Allotment Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 0.9m/1.5km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.0m/3.3km  06 Apr 1984
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.9km 1880s Sep 1949
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.2m/6.8km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 4.3m/7.0km 1960 1974
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.1m/3.4km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.1m/3.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.1m/3.4km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 4.9m/7.9km 1928 May 1935
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km 1860 01 May 1909
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.5m/7.3km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.1m/6.6km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 4.3m/6.9km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 0.9m/1.5km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.2m/5.2km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.2m/5.2km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.2m/5.2km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 0.6m/1.1km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 0.6m/1.1km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 1.1m/1.9km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 1.2m/2.0km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km  
Browney Colliery Brandon 1.1m/1.8km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.1m/6.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.1m/6.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.7m/7.6km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.4m/5.5km  07 Nov 1924
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.3km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.2km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.5km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Crook Colliery Crook 4.9m/7.9km  
Crook Drift Crook 4.7m/7.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.1km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.6m/4.3km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.0m/3.3km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 4.5m/7.3km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.4m/5.5km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.1km  1924
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.7m/7.6km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Elvet Colliery Durham 2.7m/4.4km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 1.3m/2.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 2.7m/4.4km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 3.1m/5.1km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.0m/4.8km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.7m/6.0km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 0.6m/1.1km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 3.8m/6.1km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 3.7m/6.0km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1840 1934
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.5m/7.3km 1841 
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 3.7m/6.0km 1868 1958
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km 1870's Nov 1929
Hett Colliery Hett 3.6m/5.9km  
Coal Drift Hett 3.8m/6.1km  
Coal Shaft Hett 3.9m/6.3km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 3.9m/6.3km  
Heugh Drift Esh 3.2m/5.2km  
High Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 3.1m/5.0km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 2.8m/4.6km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 2.9m/4.7km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.7m/7.6km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 4.7m/7.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Houghall Colliery Durham 2.9m/4.7km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 4.7m/7.6km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.7m/7.6km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 4.0m/6.4km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.6m/5.9km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.7m/7.6km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.5m/7.3km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.3m/7.0km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.7m/7.6km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.7m/6.0km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 1.3m/2.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 1.6m/2.7km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 3.7m/6.0km  
Low Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 5.0m/8.0km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 3.1m/5.0km  1951
Mary Pit Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 1.3m/2.1km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.1m/6.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Miner Pit Meadowfield 1.3m/2.1km 1870 Dec 1950
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 1.4m/2.3km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.3km 1841 
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.9m/6.3km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.9m/6.3km 1955 May 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 1.3m/2.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km  
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 4.0m/6.4km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.6m/4.3km  
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.6m/5.9km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 3.7m/6.0km  07 Nov 1924
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.9m/4.7km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 3.1m/5.0km 1983 
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km  
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 2.8m/4.6km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.7m/7.6km 1858 1931
Rush Pit Etherley 3.0m/4.8km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.8m/7.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 4.3m/7.0km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 3.9m/6.3km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 1.4m/2.3km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.9m/4.7km 1855 Jul 1931
South Engine Pit Durham 2.7m/4.4km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km 1846 June 1927
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.9m/6.3km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 3.0m/4.8km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 2.0m/3.3km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.5m/5.6km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 3.5m/5.7km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 3.7m/6.0km 1868 1958
Thornton Pit Croxdale 2.8m/4.5km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.8m/6.1km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/7.0km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1854 1968
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 1.8m/3.0km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 3.1m/5.0km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 2.2m/3.6km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 5.0m/8.0km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 4.6m/7.4km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km  
Willington Colliery Willington 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1932
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.7m/6.0km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.6m/5.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.6m/5.8km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Allotment Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Allotment Drift

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