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Atherton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: SD 66055 02175

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Atherton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Atherton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abram Colliery Bickershaw 2.0m/3.2km  
Ashton's Field Colliery Little Hulton 4.5m/7.2km  
Astley Green Colliery Astley 3.0m/4.9km 1912 Apr 1970
Bamfurlong Colliery nr. Wigan 4.0m/6.5km  1936
Bedford Colliery Leigh 1.0m/1.7km  
Bickershaw Colliery Leigh 2.2m/3.6km  
Brackley Colliery Little Hulton 3.5m/5.6km  
Brynn Hall Colliery Ashton-in-Makerfield 4.6m/7.5km  
Chanters Colliery Atherton 1.4m/2.3km  
Chequerbent Colliery Chequerbent, Bolton 2.3m/3.7km  
Cleworth Hall Colliery Tyldesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Crawford Colliery Aspull 4.8m/7.8km  
Eatock Colliery Westhoughton 1.6m/2.7km  
Edge Green Colliery Golborne 4.0m/6.5km  
Ellesmere Colliery Worsley 4.6m/7.4km 1865 Mar 1923
Garswood Hall Colliery Bryn, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Nr. Wigan 4.3m/6.9km  
Gibfield Colliery Atherton 0.0m/0.1km  
Golborne Colliery Golborne 4.1m/6.7km  1989
Great Boys Colliery Tyldesley, Leigh 3.0m/4.8km 1855 1885
Hewlett Colliery Westhoughton 2.6m/4.2km 1880 Dec 1930
Hindley Field Colliery Wigan 2.2m/3.6km 1869 1925
Hindley Green Colliery Hindley Green, Wigan 1.9m/3.1km  
Hindley Hall Colliery Wigan 3.2m/5.2km 1859 1914
Howe Bridge Colliery Atherton 0.0m/0.1km  
Hulton Colliery Atherton 1.8m/2.9km  
Ladies Lane Colliery Hindley 3.1m/5.1km 1859 1910
Lovers Lane Colliery Atherton 0.1m/0.3km  
Low Hall Colliery Platt Bridge, nr. Wigan 3.3m/5.4km  
Mains Colliery Wigan 3.8m/6.2km  
Maypole Colliery Abram, nr, Wigan 3.0m/4.8km  
Mosley Common Colliery Boothstown, Near Manchester 3.9m/6.3km  
Moss Colliery Wigan 3.9m/6.3km  
Nelson Pit Tyldesley, Leigh 2.0m/3.2km  
New Lester Colliery Tyldesley 3.1m/5.1km  
No. 1 Pit Tyldesley 2.2m/3.6km  
No. 2 Pit Tyldesley 2.1m/3.5km  
No. 4 Pit Blackrod, Chorley 4.2m/6.8km 1895 1930
No. 5 Pit Blackrod, Chorley 4.8m/7.8km 1898 1930
Nook Colliery Astley, Manchester 1.9m/3.1km  
Parsonage Colliery West Leigh 1.1m/1.8km  
Peel Hall Colliery Little Hulton 3.3m/5.4km 1850 1930
Peelwood Colliery Tyldesley 2.1m/3.5km 1883 1925
Pretoria Pit Atherton 1.8m/2.9km  
Priestners Colliery Westleigh 0.9m/1.5km  
Puffer Pit Atherton 0.0m/0.1km  
Rose Bridge Colliery Ince, Wigan 4.4m/7.1km 1859 1940
Scot Lane Colliery Blackrod, Chorley 4.8m/7.8km  
Shakerley Colliery Tyldesley, Leigh 2.2m/3.6km  
St. Georges Colliery Tyldesley, Manchester 1.6m/2.7km  
Swan Lane Colliery Wigan 2.0m/3.2km 1865 1925
Trafford Colliery Wigan 3.3m/5.3km 1895 1910
Victoria Pit Atherton 0.0m/0.1km  
Volunteer Pit Atherton 0.0m/0.1km  
Wellington Pit Tyldesley, Leigh 2.2m/3.6km  
Westhoughton Colliery Westhoughton 2.8m/4.5km  
Wigan Junction Colliery Bickershaw 2.8m/4.6km 1887 May 1962
Yew Tree Colliery Tyldesley 2.2m/3.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Atherton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Atherton Colliery

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