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Aycliffe Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28300 22100

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Aycliffe Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Aycliffe Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km  1924
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 0.3m/0.5km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1834 07 June 1968
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.3m/5.3km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.8m/4.6km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 4.0m/6.5km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km  1924
Furnace Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.6km 1864 1937
Gurney Pit  4.6m/7.5km 1830 1939
Harry Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  1925
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.3m/5.3km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 3.8m/6.1km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 2.9m/4.7km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1949 Aug 1965
Northern Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.2m/3.6km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1939 1958
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1830 1937
South Durham Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.9km 1929 Aug 1958
Tennants Pit Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 3.4m/5.5km  
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.5m/7.2km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.9m/7.9km  
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km  1924

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Aycliffe Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Aycliffe Quarry

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