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Brancepeth Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 20500 35700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brancepeth Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Brancepeth Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.0m/6.5km  Dec 1950
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 4.1m/6.6km  02 Jun 1928
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.2m/5.2km  Mar 1947
Arthur Pit Crook 3.6m/5.9km  
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 1.0m/1.7km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 4.6m/7.5km 1960 1974
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.8m/4.5km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.3m/3.7km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1830 1939
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 4.0m/6.4km 1885 1895
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km 1925 1930
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.9m/4.7km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.4m/2.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 1.8m/2.9km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 0.0m/0.0km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 0.0m/0.0km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.6m/5.9km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.6m/5.8km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.0m/4.8km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 4.5m/7.2km  
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.4m/5.5km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 2.1m/3.4km  
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 1.4m/2.3km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 1.3m/2.1km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.7km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 4.1m/6.7km  28 Apr 1926
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.9m/6.3km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.9m/6.3km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 4.2m/6.8km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.8km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.3m/3.7km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.8m/6.2km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.5m/7.2km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 2.0m/3.3km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.1m/6.6km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Emma Pit Crook 3.0m/4.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 3.8m/6.2km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.1m/6.6km 1866 Jun 1968
Etherley Colliery Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 4.8m/7.7km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.0m/6.4km  15 Nov 1985
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 4.5m/7.2km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  
George Pit Etherley 3.8m/6.1km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 4.8m/7.8km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 1.4m/2.3km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 3.7m/6.0km  24 May 1907
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  Sep 1955
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.8m/7.7km 1868 1958
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.4m/5.5km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.4m/5.5km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km 1870's Nov 1929
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.7m/7.6km  
Hett Colliery Hett 4.9m/7.9km  
Heugh Drift Esh 4.6m/7.4km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 4.0m/6.5km  
High Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.7km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.8m/4.5km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 4.0m/6.4km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km  
John George Pit Hunwick 1.5m/2.5km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.8m/4.6km 1857 Nov 1911
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 4.3m/7.0km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 4.3m/7.0km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 3.8m/6.2km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.7m/6.0km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.6m/4.3km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.6m/4.3km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 3.0m/4.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 3.9m/6.3km 1830 1936
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 3.9m/6.3km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.0m/4.9km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.0m/4.9km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.2m/5.2km  1965
Miner Pit Meadowfield 3.8m/6.2km 1870 Dec 1950
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.1m/6.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 1.4m/2.3km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 4.1m/6.6km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.0m/4.8km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 4.1m/6.6km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.0m/4.8km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 4.1m/6.6km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.6m/4.3km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.8m/4.6km 1845 1966
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 3.8m/6.2km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.0m/4.9km  
North Pit  4.6m/7.5km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.3m/2.1km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 1.1m/1.8km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 1.4m/2.3km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 0.1m/0.3km 1983 
Pasture Pit  4.3m/7.0km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 3.0m/4.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Pickering Quarry  4.5m/7.3km  
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  Sep 1955
Red House Colliery Crook 3.5m/5.7km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.0m/4.9km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 3.0m/4.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 1.5m/2.4km 1858 1931
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.6m/4.3km  
Rush Pit Etherley 2.8m/4.6km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.1m/6.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 1.4m/2.3km 1855 Jul 1931
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.0m/4.9km 1846 June 1927
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.0m/4.8km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.5m/7.2km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 1.0m/1.7km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 1.8m/2.9km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.0m/3.3km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.8m/7.7km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.8m/6.2km  
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 1.0m/1.6km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.7km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.2km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 2.9m/4.7km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km 1945 23 May 1969
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.4m/7.1km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.1m/3.4km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 3.5m/5.7km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 2.8m/4.5km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 1.7m/2.8km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.8m/7.7km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 3.0m/4.8km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.0m/4.8km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 1.0m/1.7km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.6km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.3m/3.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.3m/3.8km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.0m/6.4km  

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