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Bowburn Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 30400 37900

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowburn Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Bowburn Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 3.8m/6.2km  Dec 1950
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 4.3m/7.0km 1826 
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1947
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 3.3m/5.3km  
Annie Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.2km 1880s Sep 1949
Bells Pit Coxhoe 0.7m/1.2km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 4.6m/7.5km 1836 Bef. 1872
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 4.6m/7.4km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 4.0m/6.5km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 1.6m/2.6km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 1.0m/1.6km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.2km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.8m/6.2km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.8m/6.2km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 3.7m/6.0km  
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 4.0m/6.5km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.6m/5.9km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.5m/5.6km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 4.1m/6.6km  
Cassop Colliery Cassop 2.4m/3.9km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 1.1m/1.9km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.6m/7.5km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 4.0m/6.4km  
Church Pit Pittington 4.6m/7.5km 1836 1872?
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 1.6m/2.6km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 1.4m/2.3km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 2.3m/3.8km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 2.1m/3.4km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 1.6m/2.6km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 1.6m/2.7km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.4m/5.5km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.2km  1924
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 1.8m/2.9km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.3m/3.8km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.4m/3.9km 1845 Bef. 1870
Deaf Hill Colliery Deaf Hill 4.7m/7.6km 1877 25 Feb 1967
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Durham Main Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.2km  1924
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 2.6m/4.2km 1836 Jun 1983
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elvet Colliery Durham 2.8m/4.5km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 3.1m/5.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.4m/7.1km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 3.2m/5.2km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 4.6m/7.5km 1836 1872?
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 1.6m/2.6km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 3.3m/5.3km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 3.6m/5.9km  
George Pit Cornforth 2.3m/3.8km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.1m/6.7km 1844 Apr 1948
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 3.9m/6.3km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 3.8m/6.2km  
Hett Colliery Hett 1.3m/2.2km  
Coal Drift Hett 1.0m/1.7km  
Coal Shaft Hett 0.8m/1.4km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 0.8m/1.4km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 1.0m/1.7km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 3.8m/6.2km  
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 3.3m/5.3km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km  
Jane Pit West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 2.6m/4.2km 1836 Jun 1983
Kelloe Winning Colliery Kelloe 3.8m/6.2km 1834 1983
Kepier Colliery Durham 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.0m/4.8km  
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.8m/7.8km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.9m/7.9km 1824 1897
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 4.0m/6.5km  1865
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 3.1m/5.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 2.8m/4.6km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 4.3m/6.9km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 2.3m/3.7km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.2m/6.8km 1837 1931
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 3.9m/6.3km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Marl Hole Quarry Wheatley Hill 4.1m/6.6km  
Mary Pit Durham 3.2m/5.2km  
Mary Pit West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 3.1m/5.1km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 2.0m/3.2km 1954 Jul 1978
Miner Pit Meadowfield 3.1m/5.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
New Pit Trimdon Grange 4.1m/6.7km 1872 16 Feb 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 3.1m/5.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km  
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.4m/7.1km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 2.3m/3.7km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 4.9m/7.9km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 1.6m/2.7km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 1.5m/2.4km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 1.6m/2.7km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 5.0m/8.0km 1855 Jul 1931
Pickering Quarry  3.6m/5.8km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.4m/7.1km  11 Jun 1891
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 1.9m/3.1km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 2.7m/4.4km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 2.2m/3.6km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.0m/4.8km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.4m/5.5km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 2.4m/3.9km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 1.3m/2.2km 1839 1875
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 5.0m/8.0km 1855 Jul 1931
South Engine Pit Durham 2.8m/4.5km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 2.0m/3.2km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 2.6m/4.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 2.4m/3.9km  
Thornley Colliery Thornley 3.9m/6.3km 1835 09 Jan 1970
Thornton Pit Croxdale 2.4m/3.9km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 3.1m/5.1km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 3.0m/4.8km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 3.0m/4.8km  
Trimdon Colliery Trimdon 4.6m/7.5km 1840 1925
Trimdon Grange Coking Plant Trimdon Grange 4.1m/6.7km  
Trimdon Grange Colliery Trimdon Grange 4.1m/6.7km May 1845 16 Feb 1968
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 2.6m/4.2km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 2.6m/4.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.5m/5.7km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 2.6m/4.2km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 1.2m/2.0km 1854 1968
Vale Pit Cassop 2.4m/3.9km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 1.8m/3.0km  bef. 1894
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 1.2m/2.0km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 1.7m/2.8km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Wingate Quarry (Limestone) nr. Trimdon 4.3m/6.9km  
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 2.7m/4.4km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 2.8m/4.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bowburn Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Bowburn Colliery

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