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Bigge's Main Colliery
OS Grid Ref: NZ 28679 67029
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Bigge's Main Colliery are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.
| Colliery | Location | Distance | Opened | Closed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feet Pit | nr. Coundon | 2.1m/3.5km | 1842 | ||
| Ada Pit | Heworth | 4.0m/6.5km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Adams Main Pit | Newcastle | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Alfred Pit | Jarrow | 2.9m/4.7km | 1803 | ||
| Algernon Colliery | Backworth | 2.8m/4.5km | 1853 | 19 Feb 1966 | |
| Ann Pit | Walker | 1.5m/2.5km | |||
| Aubone Pit | Benwell | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Augusta Pit | Wide Open | 4.3m/7.0km | 1867 | Feb 1960 | |
| Backworth Brickworks | Backworth | 3.2m/5.2km | |||
| Backworth Colliery | Backworth | 3.2m/5.2km | 1818 | Jun 1980 | |
| Backworth Quarry | Backworth | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Bank Top Quarry | Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Basin Pit | Longbenton | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Battery Quarry | Heworth | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Beams Wheels Pit | Whickham | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Beaumont Pit | Benwell | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Beaumont Pit | Benwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1819 | 1848 | |
| Bensham Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Bensham Colliery | Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 3.8m/6.1km | bef. 1743 | ||
| Benton Colliery | Longbenton | 1.0m/1.6km | bef. 1760 | ||
| Benwell Colliery | Benwell | 4.8m/7.8km | 1766 | ||
| Bigge Pit | Willington | 2.1m/3.4km | |||
| Billet Pit | Elswick | 4.5m/7.3km | |||
| Billy Mill Colliery | North Shields | 3.8m/6.1km | 1921 | 1925 | |
| Blakelaw Pit | Kenton | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Blue Bell Pit | Shiremoor | 3.1m/5.0km | 1915 | ||
| Boldon Brickworks | Boldon Colliery | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Boldon Colliery | Boldon Colliery | 4.8m/7.7km | 1869 | 24 Jun 1982 | |
| Bower Pit | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 3.3m/5.4km | bef. 1821 | 16 Jun 1894 | |
| Brandling Main | Felling | 2.9m/4.7km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| Brandling Pit | Gosofrth | 2.0m/3.2km | |||
| Burdon Main Colliery | North Shields | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | ||
| Burradon Colliery | Burradon | 3.4m/5.5km | 1820 | 22 Nov 1975 | |
| Carrhill Quarry | Heworth | 3.5m/5.6km | |||
| Chance Pit | North Shields | 3.5m/5.7km | 1811 | ||
| Chapel Pit | Gateshead | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Chapter Main Colliery | South Shields | 4.3m/7.0km | 1805 | 1825 | |
| Charlotte Pit | Benwell | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Charlotte Pit | Walker | 1.1m/1.8km | bef. 1765 | ||
| Chirton Colliery | Chirton | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Chirton Pit | North Shields | 3.5m/5.7km | 1811 | ||
| Church Pit | Earsdon | 3.7m/6.0km | 1838 | ||
| Church Pit (New Engine Pit) | South Shields | 4.6m/7.5km | Jun 1825 | 1940 | |
| Church Pit | South Shields | 4.6m/7.5km | 1825 | ||
| Church Pit | Wallsend | 1.5m/2.4km | bef. 1782 | ||
| Church Quarry | Heworth | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Claxton Quarry | Gateshead | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Clockmill Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Collingwood Main Colliery | North Shields | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | ||
| Coxlodge Colliery | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 3.0m/4.8km | bef. 1821 | 16 Jun 1894 | |
| Crowhall Quarry | Felling | 3.3m/5.3km | |||
| Cullercoats Colliery | Cullercoats | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Deckham Hall Colliery | Gateshead | 3.5m/5.7km | Dec 1893 | ||
| Delight Pit | Byker | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Delight Pit | Wallsend | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Derwent Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.3m/7.0km | |||
| Derwent Crook Colliery | Low Fell | 4.5m/7.3km | bef. 1746 | ||
| Dinnington Colliery | Wide Open | 4.3m/7.0km | 1867 | 26 Feb 1960 | |
| Doll Pit | Gateshead Fell | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Dudley Colliery | Dudley | 4.5m/7.3km | 1856 | 1977 | |
| Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) | Dudley | 4.5m/7.3km | 1856 | 1977 | |
| Duke and Duchess Pit | Earsdon | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Dunston Colliery | Dunston | 4.5m/7.3km | 1875 | Dec 1947 | |
| Dunston Garesfield Colliery | Dunston | 4.5m/7.3km | 1875 | Dec 1947 | |
| E/Deep Pit | Jarrow | 2.9m/4.7km | 1803 | ||
| Earsdon Colliery | Earsdon | 3.4m/5.5km | 22 Jun 1934 | ||
| East Holywell Colliery | Earsdon | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| East Pit | Wallsend | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Eccles Colliery | Backworth | 3.2m/5.2km | Jul 1905 | Jun 1980 | |
| Eccles Pit | Backworth | 3.2m/5.2km | Jul 1905 | Jun 1980 | |
| Edge Pit | Gateshead Fell | 4.3m/7.0km | |||
| Edward Pit | Benwell | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Edward Pit | Wallsend | 1.5m/2.4km | bef. 1782 | ||
| Edward Pit | Willington Quay | 1.9m/3.1km | |||
| Ellison Main Colliery | Wrekenton | 4.6m/7.5km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Elswick Colliery | Elswick, Newcastle | 3.8m/6.2km | bef. 1828 | ||
| Elswick East Quarry | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Elswick Middle Quarry | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Elswick West Quarry | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.3m/7.0km | |||
| Engine Pit | Murton, Northumberland | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Fair Pit | Wallsend | 0.7m/1.2km | |||
| Fanny Pit | Gosforth | 2.1m/3.4km | |||
| Fanny Pit | Heworth | 4.0m/6.5km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Fanny Pit | Gateshead Fell | 4.4m/7.1km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Farewell Pit | Byker, Newcastle | 2.5m/4.0km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| Farnacres Colliery | Whickham | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Fawdon Colliery | Fawdon | 4.5m/7.2km | 1810 | ||
| Felling Colliery | Felling | 2.9m/4.7km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| Felling Quarry | Felling | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Fenwick Colliery | Backworth | 4.0m/6.4km | 1874 | 01 Sep 1973 | |
| Fenwick Pit | Backworth | 4.0m/6.4km | 1874 | 1973 | |
| Flatworth Colliery | Chirton | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Flatworth Pit | North Shields | 2.5m/4.0km | |||
| Follonsby Colliery | White Mare Pool | 3.3m/5.3km | 1911 | 08 Aug 1974 | |
| Fortune Pit | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 1.4m/2.3km | 1736 | ||
| Friar's Goose Colliery | Friar's Goose, Gateshead | 3.3m/5.3km | 1798 | 1926 | |
| Gosforth Colliery | Gosforth | 2.1m/3.4km | 1825 | ||
| Gosforth Pit | Wallsend | 0.9m/1.5km | |||
| Grange Pit | Earsdon | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Harton Colliery | South Shields | 5.0m/8.0km | 1844 | 25 Jul 1969 | |
| Hazlerigg Colliery | Dinnington | 4.7m/7.6km | 1892 | 25 Apr 1964 | |
| Heaton Colliery | Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 1.4m/2.3km | 1736 | ||
| Heaton Quarry | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 0.8m/1.3km | |||
| Hebburn Colliery | Hebburn | 2.0m/3.3km | 1792 | 1932 | |
| Hedge Pit | Longbenton | 1.5m/2.4km | |||
| Henry Pit | Wallsend | 0.6m/1.1km | |||
| Hester Pit | Wide Open | 4.9m/7.9km | Feb 1960 | ||
| Heworth Burn Quarry | Heworth | 3.5m/5.6km | |||
| Heworth Colliery | Heworth | 4.0m/6.5km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Heworth Quarry | Heworth | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| High Burn Quarry | Heworth | 3.5m/5.6km | |||
| High Pit | Willington Quay | 1.8m/2.9km | 1806 | ||
| Holly Hill Pit | Felling | 3.1m/5.0km | |||
| Hope Pit | Gateshead Fell | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Hopewell Pit | North Shields | 3.8m/6.1km | 1811 | ||
| Howden Panns Colliery | North Shields | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Howdon Marine Quarry | Wallsend | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Isabella Pit | Wrekenton | 4.6m/7.5km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Jane Pit | Walker | 1.9m/3.1km | bef. 1765 | ||
| Jarrow Colliery | Jarrow | 3.0m/4.9km | 1803 | ||
| Jesmond Colliery | Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 1.9m/3.1km | |||
| John Pit | Felling | 3.0m/4.9km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| John Pit | Heworth | 4.0m/6.5km | 1700's | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| John Pit | Seghill | 4.9m/7.9km | 1824 | 1962 | |
| Jubilee/North Pit | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 3.4m/5.5km | bef. 1821 | 16 Jun 1894 | |
| Kenton Colliery | Kenton | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Killingworth Colliery | Killingworth | 2.3m/3.7km | bef. 1806 | ||
| Killingworth West Moor Colliery | Killingworth | 2.3m/3.8km | bef. 1829 | ||
| King Pit | Walker | 1.5m/2.4km | bef. 1765 | ||
| King Pit, Wrekenton | Wrekenton | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Kitty Pit | Seghill | 4.9m/7.9km | 1824 | 1962 | |
| Lady Pit | Dunston | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Lady Pit | Fenham | 4.5m/7.3km | |||
| Lawson's Main Colliery | Byker | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Lizzie Pit | Weetslade | 3.5m/5.7km | 1903 | 1966 | |
| Long Benton Colliery | Longbenton | 1.0m/1.6km | bef. 1760 | ||
| Low Burn Quarry | Heworth | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Low Pit | Willington Quay | 1.8m/2.9km | 1806 | ||
| Major Pit | Seghill | 4.9m/7.9km | 1962 | ||
| Manor Wallsend Colliery | South Shields | 4.3m/7.0km | 1805 | 1825 | |
| Maude Pit | Backworth | 3.1m/5.0km | Jun 1872 | 02 Dec 1960 | |
| Mexico Pit | Farnacres, Gateshead | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Middle Pit | Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne | 1.9m/3.1km | |||
| Mill Pit | Elswick, Newcastle | 3.8m/6.2km | |||
| Millbank Pit | Willington Quay | 2.2m/3.6km | |||
| Monkton Coking Plant | Hebburn | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Monkton Colliery | Monkton | 3.0m/4.9km | 15 May 1925 | ||
| Murton Colliery [NBL] | Murton, Northumberland | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Mushroom Colliery | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 2.1m/3.4km | 1833 | ||
| New Pit | Howden | 2.7m/4.4km | 1808 | ||
| New Pit | Longbenton | 1.0m/1.6km | |||
| Nightingale Pit | Byker, Newcastle | 2.5m/4.0km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| North Elswick Pit | Elswick, Newcastle | 4.0m/6.4km | |||
| North Fenham Colliery | North Fenham, Newcastle | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Norwood Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Norwood Coking Plant | Dunston | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Norwood Colliery | Dunston | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Oakwellgate Colliery | Gateshead | 2.5m/4.1km | |||
| Old Pit | North Shields | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | ||
| Paradise Colliery | Benwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1819 | 1848 | |
| Percy Main Colliery | North Shields | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Percy Pit | North Shields | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Preston Colliery | North Shields | 3.8m/6.2km | 28 Sep 1929 | ||
| Prospect Pit | Chirton | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Prosperous Pit | Backworth | 1.7m/2.8km | 1906 | Dec 1960 | |
| Pumping Shaft | Dinnington | 4.6m/7.5km | 1892 | Apr 1964 | |
| Quarry Pit | Springwell | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Rake Lane Drift | Backworth | 3.6m/5.8km | 01 Jan 1953 | 31 May 1958 | |
| Red Barns Extension Opencast | Hebburn | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Red Barns Opencast | Hebburn | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Redheugh Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Redheugh Colliery | Gateshead | 3.7m/6.0km | 1872 | 28 May 1927 | |
| Regent/Engine Pit | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 3.0m/4.8km | bef. 1821 | 16 Jun 1894 | |
| Restoration Pit | Byker, Newcastle | 2.0m/3.2km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| Richard Pit | Willington Quay | 1.2m/2.0km | |||
| Riddell's Wallsend Colliery | Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth | 3.0m/4.8km | bef. 1821 | 16 Jun 1894 | |
| Rising Sun Colliery | Wallsend | 1.0m/1.7km | 1908 | 26 Apr 1969 | |
| Rising Sun Pit | Wallsend | 1.0m/1.7km | 1908 | 26 Apr 1969 | |
| Russell's Wallsend | Wallsend | 1.5m/2.4km | bef. 1782 | ||
| Seghill Brickworks | Seghill | 4.9m/7.9km | |||
| Seghill Colliery | Seghill | 4.9m/7.9km | 1824 | 28 Sep 1962 | |
| Shearlegs Pits | Felling | 2.6m/4.3km | |||
| Sheriff Hill Colliery | Wrekenton | 4.6m/7.5km | bef. 1793 | bef. 1895 | |
| Shields Colliery | Chirton | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Shipcote Colliery | Gateshead | 3.0m/4.9km | c. 1856 | 1880s | |
| Spital Tongues Colliery | Jesmond | 3.2m/5.2km | 1830's | 1858 | |
| St. Anthony's Colliery | Byker, Newcastle | 2.5m/4.0km | Bef. 1769 | ||
| St. Hilda's Colliery | South Shields | 4.6m/7.5km | 1810 | 1940 | |
| St. Lawrence Colliery | Newcastle-on-Tyne | 2.1m/3.4km | 1833 | ||
| Stormont Main Colliery | Wrekenton | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Success Pit | Seghill | 4.5m/7.2km | 1824 | 1962 | |
| Teams Fire Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Temple Main Colliery | Jarrow | 3.0m/4.9km | 1803 | ||
| Templetown Colliery | South Shields | 4.3m/7.0km | 1805 | 1825 | |
| Thomas Pit | Low Fell | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Trafalgar Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.3m/7.0km | |||
| Trial Pit | Farnacres, Gateshead | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Tyne Main Colliery | Friar's Goose, Gateshead | 3.3m/5.3km | 1798 | 1926 | |
| Tynevale Brick Works | Gateshead | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Upper Heworth Colliery | Heworth | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Venture Pit | Felling | 2.6m/4.3km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| Venture Pit | Willington Quay | 1.8m/2.9km | 1806 | ||
| Walker Colliery | Walker | 1.5m/2.4km | bef. 1765 | 1920 | |
| Wallsend Brickworks | Wallsend | 1.5m/2.4km | |||
| Wallsend Colliery | Wallsend | 1.5m/2.4km | bef. 1782 | ||
| Wardley Colliery | White Mare Pool | 3.3m/5.3km | 1855 | 08 Aug 1974 | |
| Weetslade Colliery | Weetslade | 3.6m/5.9km | 1903 | 10 Sep 1966 | |
| West Benwell Colliery | Benwell | 4.3m/7.0km | 1819 | 1848 | |
| West Chirton Pit | North Shields | 4.1m/6.7km | 1811 | ||
| West Holywell Colliery | Earsdon | 4.2m/6.8km | 1857 | 1861 | |
| West Moor Colliery | Killingworth | 2.3m/3.8km | bef. 1829 | ||
| White House Quarry | Springwell | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Wideopen Colliery | Wideopen | 4.1m/6.7km | 1825 | ||
| William Pit | Benwell | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| William Pit | Felling | 3.3m/5.3km | 1779 | 1931 | |
| William Pit | Friar's Goose, Gateshead | 2.5m/4.0km | 1841 | 1926 | |
| Willie Pit | Heworth | 3.8m/6.1km | |||
| Willington Colliery | Willington Quay | 1.8m/2.9km | 1806 | ||
| Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) | Gateshead | 4.0m/6.4km | |||
| Wittle Pit | Heworth | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Wortley/Engine Pit | Elswick, Newcastle | 3.9m/6.3km |
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