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  Butterknowle Colliery  Index  Butterknowle Colliery  
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Butterknowle Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 10800 25700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Butterknowle Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Butterknowle Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Arn Gill Colliery nr. Copley 1.5m/2.5km 1947 05 May 1951
Arnghyll Colliery nr. Copley 1.5m/2.5km 1947 05 May 1951
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 3.0m/4.9km  07 Feb 1925
Blackhill Opencast West Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 4.8m/7.7km 1885 1895
Blakeley Quarry  3.1m/5.0km  
Bolton Close Quarry  3.4m/5.5km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 0.2m/0.4km  31 Nov 1929
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  
Busty Drift nr. Copley 2.3m/3.8km 1947 05 May 1951
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1927
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 0.4m/0.7km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  Jan 1948
Copley Bent Colliery Butterknowle 1.2m/2.0km  1924
Copley Colliery Cockfield 1.3m/2.1km  20 Mar 1930
Copley Lane Colliery Butterknowle 0.6m/1.1km  30 Nov 1922
Copperside Colliery Woodland 2.3m/3.8km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  Jun 1923
Cow Close Colliery Woodland 2.1m/3.4km  
Cowley Drift nr. Copley 2.6m/4.2km 1947 05 May 1951
Cowley Shaft Woodland 2.5m/4.1km  Mar 1921
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 2.0m/3.3km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 2.0m/3.2km  
Crake Scar Colliery Cockfield 2.1m/3.4km  
Dean Colliery  1.6m/2.6km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 0.1m/0.2km  
Doctors Gate Quarry  4.5m/7.3km  
Drift Evenwood 2.6m/4.3km  
Drift Evenwood 2.3m/3.8km  
Drift Evenwood 2.1m/3.5km  
Dunn House Quarry Gainford 4.0m/6.5km  
Dunn's House Drift Woodland 2.3m/3.8km  1924
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 0.8m/1.3km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 1.3m/2.2km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 1.6m/2.6km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  Feb 1962
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.0m/6.4km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.3m/6.9km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Gaunless Lead Mill Butterknowle 1.5m/2.4km  
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 1.6m/2.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  
Hall Pit Cockfield 1.6m/2.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 0.5m/0.8km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 0.6m/1.1km  21 May 1926
Hedrick Quarry  4.3m/7.0km  
High House Colliery Butterknowle 1.0m/1.6km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  
High Trough Colliery Copley 1.6m/2.7km  19 Feb 1927
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 0.6m/1.0km  31 Mar 1921
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 0.8m/1.3km  29 May 1929
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  02 Jul 1909
Hutton Pit Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km  
Jane Pit Etherley 4.8m/7.8km  
John Pit Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km 1867 
Lands Colliery Cockfield 1.6m/2.6km 1879 
Langleydale Colliery Cockfield 1.7m/2.8km  1931
Lingberry Quarry  3.5m/5.6km  
Low Summerhill Colliery Woodland 2.0m/3.2km  03 Feb 1926
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  
Lynesack Colliery Woodland 2.0m/3.2km  31 Jan 1926
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.7m/7.6km 1830 1936
Meadowleigh Colliery Copley Lane 0.8m/1.4km  17 Apr 1926
Mill Bank Colliery Copley 1.3m/2.2km  14 Dec 1928
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 0.6m/1.1km  25 Feb 1911
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  Oct 1961
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 1.6m/2.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.6m/4.3km  
New Copley Colliery Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km 1867 
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 0.9m/1.5km  02 Dec 1936
North Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 0.7m/1.2km  30 Aug 1919
North Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 1.5m/2.4km  
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 1.5m/2.4km  
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  Mar 1912
Oakly Bank Quarry Evenwood 1.0m/1.6km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  3.2m/5.2km  
Park House Colliery  3.3m/5.4km  
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.8m/7.8km  
Pioneer Pit Cockfield 2.1m/3.4km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 2.0m/3.2km  
Pond House Colliery Woodland 2.3m/3.7km  04 Sep 1926
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.3m/3.7km 1834 
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.8m/6.1km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.6m/5.9km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 3.0m/4.9km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km 1836 Dec 1912
Rowan Tree Colliery  1.5m/2.4km  
Shotton Moor Colliery Shotton Moor 1.3m/2.1km  08 Mar 1930
Smout Pit Cockfield 0.4m/0.7km  20 Mar 1930
South Pit Evenwood 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 1.3m/2.2km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 0.5m/0.8km  Jun 1914
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 4.1m/6.7km  Jul 1967
Stainton Quarry Barnard Castle 4.8m/7.8km  
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 2.2m/3.6km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 1.9m/3.1km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 3.2m/5.2km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 3.3m/5.3km  
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km 1989 1992
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 3.1m/5.1km  
Victoria Colliery Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km 1867 
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.6m/7.5km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.6m/4.2km  
West Copley Colliery Woodland 2.0m/3.3km  
West Crake Scar Colliery Woodland 2.2m/3.6km  
West Crane Row Drift Butterknowle 1.5m/2.5km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 1.3m/2.2km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 2.5m/4.0km  
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 0.6m/1.0km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.1km  
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
Wigglesworth Colliery Cockfield 1.0m/1.6km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  Jun 1923
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  Jun 1923
Woodland Colliery Woodland 2.6m/4.2km  Mar 1921
Woodland Fell Colliery Woodland 2.6m/4.3km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Butterknowle Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Butterknowle Colliery

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