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Beamish Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 21100 53600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Beamish Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Beamish Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 1.8m/2.9km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 1.8m/2.9km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 2.1m/3.5km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 1.1m/1.8km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.3m/5.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.2m/6.8km 1864 Jul 1980
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Ayton Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.9m/6.3km  
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.8km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.6m/7.4km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.6m/7.4km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 0.5m/0.9km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.1km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  22 Jul 1949
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.0m/4.8km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 2.3m/3.7km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.4m/7.1km 1913 May 1932
Bog Pit Pontop 3.5m/5.6km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
Brack Pit Kyo 2.9m/4.7km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.5m/5.6km 1874 Mar 1929
Broom Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km  
Broom Pit Collierly 2.7m/4.4km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.6m/5.8km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.2km 1867 Feb 1965
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 0.6m/1.1km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 2.9m/4.7km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km  
Busty Pit Craghead 1.8m/3.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.3km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.0m/6.5km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.4m/2.3km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.6m/4.2km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1857 
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 0.7m/1.2km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 0.5m/0.9km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.9m/6.3km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 2.6m/4.3km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.3m/7.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.3m/7.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.5m/7.2km 1952 Mar 1983
Conquest Pit Tantobie 2.8m/4.5km  Oct 1948
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 1.8m/3.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1847 
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.0m/4.9km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1746 
Dike Pit Beamish 0.3m/0.6km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 3.5m/5.7km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  4.3m/6.9km  
Drift  4.2m/6.8km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km  1930
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 0.3m/0.6km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 1.4m/2.3km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.4m/7.1km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 5.0m/8.0km 1844 18 July 1980
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.0m/4.9km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 1.8m/3.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km 1726 1973
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.8m/4.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.8km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 3.5m/5.6km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  May 1963
First Pit Winlaton 4.9m/7.9km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 1.4m/2.3km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 1.0m/1.7km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.9km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
George Pit Craghead 1.6m/2.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.3m/3.7km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.1km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Green Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 3.4m/5.5km 1838 Jul 1957
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.8m/7.8km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.5m/2.4km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 3.9m/6.3km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.4m/5.5km 1839 
Harraton Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hedge Pit Stanley 1.4m/2.3km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 1.3m/2.1km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.5m/4.1km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 0.5m/0.8km  
Hive Pit Pontop 4.4m/7.1km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 1.8m/3.0km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 1.8m/3.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  
Ice Pit Beamish 0.2m/0.4km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.8m/7.7km  31 Oct 1975
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 0.6m/1.1km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.1km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.9m/4.7km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 0.6m/1.1km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.8m/7.7km  Aug 1963
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.0m/6.4km  
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.9m/7.9km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Law Pit Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  Jan 1949
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 3.2m/5.2km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.8km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 2.3m/3.8km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 3.6m/5.8km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 1.3m/2.1km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 4.0m/6.4km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.0m/3.3km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 4.0m/6.4km  Jul 1980
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.4km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.3m/3.8km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.2m/6.8km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 0.6m/1.1km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Moor Pit Pontop 3.1m/5.1km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 2.7m/4.4km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  2.3m/3.7km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.0m/4.8km  
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.1m/5.0km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.7m/6.0km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Pit Stanley 0.6m/1.1km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.3m/3.7km 1841 1936
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.3m/3.8km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.2m/6.8km  
North Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.9m/7.9km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 2.0m/3.3km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 1.8m/2.9km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 3.8m/6.2km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 1.7m/2.8km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.8m/4.6km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.9m/4.7km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.8m/6.1km  
Pike Pit Pontop 4.0m/6.4km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 2.8m/4.5km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.7km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 3.0m/4.9km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 2.9m/4.7km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 2.2m/3.6km  05 Oct 1973
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 3.6m/5.8km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.3m/6.9km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.7m/6.0km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.0km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.4m/3.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km 1952 Aug 1955
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.8m/6.2km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.0m/6.5km 1845 May 1947
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.5m/2.4km  01 Mar 1968
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.9km  May 1990
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.9m/6.3km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.0m/6.4km  08 Feb 1922
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.7km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 2.6m/4.3km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 2.0m/3.3km 1837 1915
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Spring Pits Pontop 4.3m/6.9km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Staple Pit Ditpon 2.8m/4.6km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.0m/4.9km  
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 3.6m/5.9km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.5m/5.7km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.4km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 2.5m/4.1km 1768 Oct 1948
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 1.8m/3.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.6m/7.5km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.6m/4.2km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.5km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 1.8m/2.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 1.0m/1.7km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.5m/5.7km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.3m/5.4km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.1m/5.0km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.3m/3.8km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.0m/3.3km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Vale Pit Springwell 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.3m/5.3km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 3.6m/5.8km  22 Jul 1949
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.4m/7.1km 1913 May 1932
Water Level Drift East Castle 4.0m/6.5km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.6km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.9m/6.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 3.0m/4.9km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.0m/4.9km  30 Nov 1920
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.5m/5.6km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 1.8m/2.9km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 1.1m/1.9km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 0.6m/1.1km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 1.9m/3.1km  
William Pit Craghead 1.7m/2.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 2.6m/4.3km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 2.5m/4.1km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.6m/2.6km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.4km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.9m/7.9km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.0m/6.5km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 5.0m/8.0km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.3km  
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.6km  

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