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Bowburn Colliery (original)

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31600 36700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowburn Colliery (original)

Colliery Page   main page for Bowburn Colliery (original)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 4.8m/7.8km 1826 
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 2.2m/3.6km  
Annie Pit Ferryhill 2.3m/3.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km 1880s Sep 1949
Bells Pit Coxhoe 0.3m/0.5km  
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 3.6m/5.8km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 3.0m/4.9km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 0.6m/1.1km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 1.0m/1.6km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.8km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.8m/7.8km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.8m/7.8km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.3m/7.0km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.3m/7.0km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 4.6m/7.4km  
Cassop Colliery Cassop 1.9m/3.1km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 1.5m/2.5km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 2.3m/3.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.3m/7.0km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 3.3m/5.3km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 0.6m/1.1km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 0.3m/0.6km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 1.3m/2.2km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 1.2m/2.0km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 0.6m/1.1km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 0.7m/1.2km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.6m/5.8km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 1.1m/1.9km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.1m/5.0km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.4m/5.5km 1845 Bef. 1870
Deaf Hill Colliery Deaf Hill 4.0m/6.4km 1877 25 Feb 1967
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 3.0m/4.9km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 1.8m/2.9km 1836 Jun 1983
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 2.3m/3.7km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.2km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.1m/6.7km 1870 Dec 1950
Fishburn Coking Plant Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.1m/6.6km  
Fishburn Colliery Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.1m/6.6km 1910 30 Nov 1973
Florence Pit Durham 4.1m/6.7km 1872 
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 0.5m/0.9km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 2.2m/3.6km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 2.6m/4.3km  
George Pit Cornforth 1.3m/2.2km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 5.0m/8.0km 1844 Apr 1948
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 2.8m/4.6km  
Haswell Colliery Haswell 4.9m/7.9km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Hett Colliery Hett 2.0m/3.2km  
Coal Drift Hett 1.7m/2.8km  
Coal Shaft Hett 1.5m/2.5km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 1.5m/2.5km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 0.8m/1.3km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 3.6m/5.9km  
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 3.3m/5.4km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.1km  
Jane Pit West Cornforth 1.8m/3.0km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 1.8m/2.9km 1836 Jun 1983
Kelloe Winning Colliery Kelloe 3.1m/5.0km 1834 1983
Kepier Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.6m/7.4km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.6m/5.9km  
Lady Pit Wingate 5.0m/8.0km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 3.3m/5.4km  1865
Little Pit Haswell 4.9m/7.9km 02 Jul 1835 1895
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.1m/6.7km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.8m/6.1km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 4.8m/7.7km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.3m/5.3km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 
Lord Pit Wingate 5.0m/8.0km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.1m/6.6km 1837 1931
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 3.1m/5.1km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 2.3m/3.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Marl Hole Quarry Wheatley Hill 3.5m/5.7km  
Mary Pit Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Mary Pit West Cornforth 1.8m/2.9km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.1m/6.7km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 1.9m/3.1km 1954 Jul 1978
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.1m/6.7km 1870 Dec 1950
New Pit Trimdon Grange 3.2m/5.2km 1872 16 Feb 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.1m/6.7km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.8m/7.8km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.3m/5.3km 1849 
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 1.2m/2.0km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 1.1m/1.9km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 1.2m/2.0km  
Pickering Quarry  3.5m/5.7km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.8m/7.8km  11 Jun 1891
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 1.3m/2.1km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 1.6m/2.7km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 2.4m/3.9km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.6m/5.9km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.0m/4.8km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 2.3m/3.8km 1839 1875
South Engine Pit Durham 3.8m/6.2km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 1.2m/2.0km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.4m/5.5km  
Thornley Colliery Thornley 3.5m/5.6km 1835 09 Jan 1970
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.1m/5.0km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 1.8m/2.9km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 1.8m/2.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 2.4m/3.9km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 2.1m/3.4km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 2.2m/3.6km  
Trimdon Colliery Trimdon 3.8m/6.1km 1840 1925
Trimdon Grange Coking Plant Trimdon Grange 3.2m/5.2km  
Trimdon Grange Colliery Trimdon Grange 3.2m/5.2km May 1845 16 Feb 1968
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.0m/6.5km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 1.0m/1.7km 1854 1968
Vale Pit Cassop 1.9m/3.1km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 1.2m/2.0km  bef. 1894
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 1.8m/2.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 0.5m/0.8km  
Wheatley Hill Colliery Wheatley Hill 4.5m/7.3km 1869 03 May 1968
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 2.5m/4.0km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.4m/7.1km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Wingate Quarry (Limestone) nr. Trimdon 3.5m/5.7km  
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 2.5m/4.1km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.1m/5.0km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowburn Colliery (original)

Colliery Page   main page for Bowburn Colliery (original)

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