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Byers Green Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22305 33458

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Byers Green Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Byers Green Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.7km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.4km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1830 1925
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.2m/6.8km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 2.2m/3.6km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 4.8m/7.8km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 0.7m/1.2km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1830 1939
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 4.5m/7.2km 1885 1895
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1925 1930
Bolckow Pit Crook 4.5m/7.2km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.0m/4.8km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.4m/5.5km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 1.8m/2.9km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 1.8m/2.9km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 1.8m/2.9km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.3m/7.0km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.3m/6.9km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.3m/7.0km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km  
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.8m/6.1km 1871 Jul 1938
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 0.5m/0.8km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.2m/6.8km 1872 Mar 1905
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 1.2m/2.0km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 1.2m/2.0km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.7m/6.0km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.7m/1.2km  
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 4.2m/6.8km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
Crook Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.1km  
Crook Drift Crook 3.8m/6.1km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.5m/5.6km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.6m/7.4km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 3.6m/5.9km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.8km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 3.5m/5.7km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.2m/6.8km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eldon Colliery Shildon 3.5m/5.6km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 3.8m/6.2km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Emma Pit Crook 4.5m/7.3km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.4km  1924
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1870 Dec 1950
Etherley Colliery Etherley 4.6m/7.4km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.8m/6.1km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.8m/7.8km  15 Nov 1985
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 4.8m/7.8km 1864 1937
George Pit Etherley 3.1m/5.0km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 1.1m/1.9km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 4.8m/7.7km  24 May 1907
Gurney Pit  3.3m/5.3km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 4.9m/7.9km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.1m/6.6km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.1m/6.6km  03 Nov 1934
Harry Pit Shildon 3.5m/5.6km 1829 Jul 1932
Hett Colliery Hett 4.3m/7.0km  
Coal Drift Hett 4.6m/7.4km  
Coal Shaft Hett 4.8m/7.8km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 4.8m/7.8km  
High Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.1km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.6m/5.8km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 3.7m/6.0km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.3m/3.7km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
John George Pit Hunwick 1.3m/2.1km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 3.3m/5.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 4.6m/7.5km 1857 Nov 1911
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.5m/4.1km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.5m/4.1km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Pit Crook 4.8m/7.8km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.9m/6.3km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.7m/1.2km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.1km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.1km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 4.5m/7.3km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  1946
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.2m/6.8km 1872 Mar 1905
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.3m/6.9km 1830 1936
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.3m/6.9km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 1.6m/2.7km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 2.8m/4.5km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 1.6m/2.7km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.2m/6.8km 1954 Jul 1978
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 1.4m/2.3km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 4.3m/6.9km 1954 1992?
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1870 Dec 1950
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.8m/7.8km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 1.1m/1.9km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1859 1967
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.8m/7.7km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.3km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  1930's
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.8m/7.7km 1955 May 1968
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.2m/5.2km 1845 1966
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 1.6m/2.7km  
North Pit  3.0m/4.9km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 3.5m/5.6km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 2.8m/4.6km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.9m/4.7km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 1.2m/2.0km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 1.9m/3.1km 1983 
Pasture Pit  2.7m/4.4km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.3km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.7m/6.0km  
Pickering Quarry  3.1m/5.0km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.4m/7.1km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 1.6m/2.7km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.3km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 1.8m/3.0km 1858 1931
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 3.6m/5.9km  
Rush Pit Etherley 4.6m/7.4km 1869 
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.0m/6.4km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.4m/7.1km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 1.2m/2.0km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 3.5m/5.6km 1829 Jul 1932
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 1.6m/2.7km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 4.8m/7.7km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 4.6m/7.4km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.6m/7.4km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 1.6m/2.7km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.6m/5.8km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 3.8m/6.2km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 4.9m/7.9km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 4.9m/7.9km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.4m/5.5km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 0.7m/1.2km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.7km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 2.1m/3.5km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.1m/6.7km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 1.0m/1.7km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.8m/7.8km 1838 Jul 1967
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.5m/7.2km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 1.8m/2.9km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.2km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 1.6m/2.7km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 1.6m/2.7km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.6m/7.4km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 4.1m/6.6km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 4.2m/6.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 4.1m/6.7km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.0m/4.8km  

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