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Bigge Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31600 68600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bigge Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Bigge Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.2m/6.8km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.4km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 1.0m/1.7km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Ann Pit Walker 3.0m/4.8km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 2.1m/3.5km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 2.1m/3.5km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 2.3m/3.8km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 2.8m/4.5km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1760 
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 2.1m/3.4km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 1.7m/2.8km 1921 1925
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 1.6m/2.7km  1915
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 4.3m/7.0km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 4.3m/7.0km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 4.6m/7.4km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.8m/6.2km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Shields 2.4m/3.9km 1811 
Burradon Colliery Burradon 3.5m/5.6km 1820 22 Nov 1975
Chance Pit North Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 3.0m/4.9km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 2.5m/4.0km  
Chirton Pit North Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 2.2m/3.6km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 3.0m/4.8km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 3.0m/4.8km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Shields 2.4m/3.9km 1811 
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.7m/7.6km  
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 2.8m/4.6km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 4.0m/6.5km  
Delight Pit Byker 3.7m/6.0km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.6m/4.3km  
Dudley Colliery Dudley 4.8m/7.7km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 4.8m/7.7km 1856 1977
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 2.1m/3.4km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 2.1m/3.4km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 2.7m/4.4km  
East Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.0km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 2.1m/3.5km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 2.1m/3.5km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 0.1m/0.2km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 1.0m/1.7km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 2.3m/3.8km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km  
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km Bef. 1769 
Felling Colliery Felling 4.6m/7.4km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.8m/7.8km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 2.6m/4.3km 1874 01 Sep 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 2.6m/4.3km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 1.1m/1.9km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 0.6m/1.1km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.1m/6.6km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km 1736 
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 2.0m/3.2km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 3.9m/6.3km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 4.9m/7.9km 1875 27 May 1960
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 2.0m/3.3km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 2.8m/4.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 2.6m/4.2km  
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
Heworth Quarry Heworth 4.3m/6.9km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
High Pit Willington Quay 0.8m/1.4km 1806 
Holly Hill Pit Felling 4.6m/7.5km  
Hopewell Pit North Shields 1.9m/3.1km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 1.6m/2.6km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 1.9m/3.1km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  
John Pit Felling 4.8m/7.7km 1779 1931
John Pit Seghill 4.2m/6.8km 1824 1962
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 4.2m/6.8km 1824 1962
Lamb Pit Cramlington 4.8m/7.8km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.7m/6.0km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 4.1m/6.6km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 4.7m/7.6km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 0.8m/1.4km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 4.2m/6.8km  1962
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 3.0m/4.9km 1805 1825
Maude Pit Backworth 2.1m/3.4km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  
Mill Pit New Hartley 4.9m/7.9km  Feb 1959
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 0.1m/0.3km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.6m/5.9km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.4m/5.5km  15 May 1925
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 1.0m/1.7km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km 1833 
New Pit Howden 1.5m/2.5km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km  
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 4.1m/6.7km  Feb 1959
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km Bef. 1769 
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Old Pit North Shields 2.4m/3.9km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 1.6m/2.6km  
Percy Pit North Shields 1.6m/2.6km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 1.8m/3.0km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 2.5m/4.0km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 1.3m/2.2km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 1.5m/2.4km 01 Jan 1953 31 May 1958
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.2m/6.8km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.0m/6.5km  
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 4.9m/7.9km 1884 27 May 1960
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.6m/5.8km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 4.9m/7.9km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 2.1m/3.5km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 1.1m/1.8km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 1.1m/1.8km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1782 
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 4.8m/7.8km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 4.2m/6.8km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 4.2m/6.8km 1824 28 Sep 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 4.6m/7.4km  
Shields Colliery Chirton 2.5m/4.0km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km Bef. 1769 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 3.0m/4.8km 1810 1940
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km 1833 
Success Pit Seghill 3.7m/6.0km 1824 1962
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 3.0m/4.9km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Felling 4.3m/6.9km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 0.8m/1.4km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 1.3m/2.2km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.1m/6.6km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 4.2m/6.8km 1903 10 Sep 1966
West Chirton Pit North Shields 2.4m/3.9km 1811 
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 3.4m/5.5km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1829 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.1km 1909 May 1993
Whin Pit New Hartley 4.8m/7.8km 1754 
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 3.0m/4.9km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 5.0m/8.0km 1825 
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km 1841 1926
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 0.8m/1.4km 1806 

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bigge Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Bigge Pit

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