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Blakeley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 15202 32142

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blakeley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Blakeley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.3km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km 1830 1925
Arthur Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 2.9m/4.7km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.7m/4.4km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.9m/4.7km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.0m/4.8km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.0m/4.8km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 4.7m/7.6km  31 Nov 1929
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.0m/6.4km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.0m/6.4km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.5m/7.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  1950
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.5m/7.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 3.2m/5.2km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 3.3m/5.3km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 2.3m/3.8km  28 Apr 1926
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  Jan 1948
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.3m/2.1km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 4.9m/7.9km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 4.9m/7.9km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 3.0m/4.8km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 2.7m/4.4km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dean Colliery  4.7m/7.6km  
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 4.5m/7.2km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  
Doctors Gate Quarry  4.8m/7.8km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 2.7m/4.4km  
Drift Evenwood 2.1m/3.5km  
Drift Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  
Drift Evenwood 2.6m/4.2km  
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.2km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  
Edward Pit Tow Law 4.6m/7.4km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engine Pit Cockfield 4.5m/7.3km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.5m/5.7km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 4.1m/6.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.4m/7.1km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 1.8m/2.9km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 0.5m/0.8km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  
George Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.0km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 3.3m/5.3km 1841 
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 5.0m/8.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  1950
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 1.3m/2.1km  24 May 1907
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  Sep 1955
Hall Pit Cockfield 5.0m/8.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 0.6m/1.0km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 0.6m/1.0km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 4.2m/6.8km  21 May 1926
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 4.6m/7.4km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 3.0m/4.8km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 3.0m/4.8km  
High House Colliery Butterknowle 3.8m/6.1km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.1m/6.7km  31 Mar 1921
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 1.6m/2.6km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.1m/1.9km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Etherley 1.6m/2.6km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 2.4m/3.9km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.1m/5.1km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 4.3m/7.0km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 4.8m/7.8km  
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 4.8m/7.8km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 4.5m/7.3km 1879 
Little Pit Crook 3.3m/5.3km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 1.7m/2.8km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 1.7m/2.8km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 0.3m/0.5km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.5m/7.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 4.5m/7.2km  25 Feb 1911
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  Oct 1961
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 5.0m/8.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.2m/3.6km  
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 4.1m/6.6km  02 Dec 1936
Newfield Colliery Willington 3.3m/5.3km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 2.0m/3.3km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.5m/7.2km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 2.6m/4.2km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 2.0m/3.3km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.5m/7.2km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 2.0m/3.3km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.3m/2.2km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.1m/1.9km 1845 1966
North Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  30 Aug 1919
North Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 3.5m/5.7km  
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.1m/5.0km 1845 Jun 1930
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 4.0m/6.4km  Mar 1912
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.4m/7.1km  
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.0m/6.5km 1983 
Pease's West Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 1.6m/2.6km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 3.0m/4.8km  
Providence Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.4km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 2.1m/3.4km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 4.1m/6.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Red House Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.6km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 2.6m/4.3km 1858 1931
Rowan Tree Colliery  3.4m/5.5km  
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 5.0m/8.0km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 1.5m/2.5km  
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  27 Aug 1938
South Pit Evenwood 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 3.5m/5.6km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  Jun 1914
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 4.6m/7.5km  Jul 1967
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 4.5m/7.2km 1955 May 1968
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 2.5m/4.1km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 4.3m/6.9km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.5m/7.3km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 3.0m/4.9km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 4.0m/6.5km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 4.1m/6.6km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 1.4m/2.3km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km  
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.0m/6.5km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 2.3m/3.7km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km 1859 1967
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  
West Crane Row Drift Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 2.6m/4.2km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 2.6m/4.3km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 3.6m/5.8km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 3.6m/5.9km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.1m/6.7km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.1m/6.7km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
White Lea Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.6km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  
William Pit Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  1950
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.3m/2.1km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 3.0m/4.9km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.3m/2.1km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 4.3m/6.9km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 4.2m/6.8km  10 Aug 1963

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