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  Burnopfield Colliery  Index  Burnopfield Colliery  
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Burnopfield Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 17300 56200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Burnopfield Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Burnopfield Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.3m/3.8km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 4.1m/6.6km  
Air Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.6km 1849 
Allendale Drift Ebchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.6m/7.5km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.6m/7.5km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 2.0m/3.3km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 0.6m/1.0km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 2.8m/4.5km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.2km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 3.0m/4.9km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 3.9m/6.3km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 4.1m/6.7km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 3.0m/4.9km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.9km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.0m/1.6km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 2.0m/3.3km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 2.0m/3.3km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.0m/4.9km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.2km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 2.8m/4.6km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 2.8m/4.5km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 0.9m/1.5km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.9m/6.3km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.3m/7.0km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 5.0m/8.0km 1862 1932
Billingside Drift Leadgate 3.5m/5.7km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 2.6m/4.2km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  
Bog Pit Stella 4.3m/7.0km  
Bog Pit Pontop 2.4m/3.9km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km  
Brack Pit Kyo 2.0m/3.3km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.1m/6.6km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 4.0m/6.4km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 1.3m/2.2km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.6m/7.4km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Broom Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.0km  
Broom Pit Collierly 1.8m/2.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 1.1m/1.8km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.8m/6.2km  
Burns Pit Stanley 3.2m/5.2km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 1.5m/2.4km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.1m/1.8km  
Busty Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 4.7m/7.6km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.0m/4.9km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.5km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 1.0m/1.6km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.8m/7.7km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 3.5m/5.7km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.4m/5.5km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.6m/4.3km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 1.3m/2.1km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.1km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 2.7m/4.4km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.8m/7.8km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1847 
D Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 3.1m/5.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  2.5m/4.0km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km  
Dike Pit Beamish 3.2m/5.2km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 2.0m/3.3km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  4.0m/6.4km  
Drift  3.8m/6.2km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Dummys Pit  3.4m/5.5km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  
East Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.1m/5.0km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 1.4m/2.3km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.0m/6.4km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 3.3m/5.4km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 3.6m/5.8km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km  
Edward Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 4.6m/7.4km 1836 
Esther Pit Tanfield 1.1m/1.9km  
Fallow Pit  3.9m/6.3km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 1.8m/2.9km  
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.1km  
First Pit Winlaton 2.4m/3.9km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.1m/6.6km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Fox Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.4km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.1m/1.8km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 2.6m/4.3km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.0m/4.9km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.4m/3.9km  1854
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.9m/6.3km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.0m/4.8km  
George Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.3m/7.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.1m/6.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.6m/7.4km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.5m/5.6km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.3m/6.9km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 3.4m/5.5km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km 1839 
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 4.4m/7.1km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.8km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 2.6m/4.2km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 1.2m/2.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.0km  
Hive Pit Pontop 3.0m/4.9km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.2m/6.8km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.0m/3.3km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
Hutton Seam Drift  3.3m/5.3km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.9m/6.3km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.3m/6.9km 1839 1892
John Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
John Shaft  2.7m/4.4km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.2m/5.2km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.3m/7.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.7m/7.6km 1914 Dec 1932
King Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  25 Nov 1966
Kyo Wood Pit  4.6m/7.4km bef. 1790 
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.2m/5.2km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Law Pit Lanchester 2.2m/3.6km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 1.8m/2.9km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 1.8m/2.9km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 1.8m/3.0km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 0.9m/1.5km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 2.9m/4.7km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 2.5m/4.1km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 2.0m/3.2km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.5m/7.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 2.0m/3.2km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.4m/2.3km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 1.9m/3.1km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.5km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.6m/5.9km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 2.4m/3.9km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 3.2m/5.2km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.0m/6.5km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  Mar 1921
Moor Pit Pontop 2.4m/3.9km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.4km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.7m/6.0km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 1.0m/1.6km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 0.8m/1.3km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
New Pit Stanley 3.2m/5.2km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 2.1m/3.5km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.1m/1.8km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 2.9m/4.7km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.3m/6.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Aug 1958
Oxhill Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.1km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 3.9m/6.3km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 2.3m/3.8km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.6m/7.5km  Aug 1964
Pike Pit Pontop 2.5m/4.1km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 0.9m/1.5km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.2km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 1.9m/3.1km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Prosperous Pit Collierly 1.5m/2.4km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  05 Oct 1973
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.6m/5.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.2m/6.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km 1952 Aug 1955
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Second Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.2m/3.6km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.3m/6.9km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 1.9m/3.1km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.1m/1.8km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.2km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Mar 1921
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Spring Pits Pontop 2.6m/4.2km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 2.3m/3.8km 1821 1938
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.5m/7.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 4.6m/7.5km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 1.3m/2.1km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 1.5m/2.5km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.4m/2.3km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 1.0m/1.7km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 4.6m/7.4km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km  
Tilley Pit  3.0m/4.9km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.7m/4.4km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.2m/5.2km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.0m/4.8km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.0m/1.6km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.5m/7.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.6m/7.5km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.9m/6.3km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 5.0m/8.0km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.5m/7.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 2.0m/3.3km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Water Level Drift East Castle 3.2m/5.2km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.2m/2.0km  
Water Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.8m/6.1km 1924 20 Aug 1964
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 4.9m/7.9km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 1.3m/2.2km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.6m/7.5km 1858 1921
West Pit House Shaft  4.1m/6.6km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 4.0m/6.5km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 1.9m/3.1km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.2m/5.2km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.8m/6.1km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.6m/5.9km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.7m/7.6km  
William Pit Craghead 4.3m/6.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Medomsley 3.3m/5.3km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 2.7m/4.4km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 1.0m/1.7km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.5km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.6m/4.3km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 2.5m/4.1km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 3.1m/5.1km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.7m/7.6km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.2m/2.0km  

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