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Ballarat Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16775 42225

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ballarat Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Ballarat Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.6m/7.4km  06 Apr 1984
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 4.6m/7.5km  02 Jun 1928
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.3m/7.0km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  22 Jul 1949
Arthur Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.7m/7.6km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 3.5m/5.7km  Oct 1960
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 4.7m/7.6km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 4.6m/7.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 4.7m/7.6km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 0.5m/0.8km 1928 May 1935
Betty Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Big Pit Crook 3.1m/5.0km  
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 3.3m/5.3km 1846 1933
Blackfield Colliery Tow Law 3.5m/5.7km 1865 17 Sep 1928
Bolckow Pit Crook 3.3m/5.4km  
Bounder House Tow Law 4.3m/7.0km 1916 1933
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.0m/6.4km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.6m/5.9km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.6m/7.5km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.6m/7.5km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.6m/7.5km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 5.0m/8.0km  
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.1m/5.1km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.4m/7.1km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 1.8m/3.0km  1883
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Butsfield Quarry (Ganister) nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km  
Byerleyhouse Quarry Satley 3.7m/6.0km  
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 1.1m/1.9km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 1.4m/2.3km  
Coalford Quarry Satley 3.3m/5.4km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 4.4m/7.1km  28 Apr 1926
Colepike Drift Lanchester 2.3m/3.8km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 2.4m/3.9km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 0.8m/1.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 4.1m/6.6km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Crook Drift Crook 3.7m/6.0km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.7km  
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 3.0m/4.8km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 3.8m/6.1km  
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 3.6m/5.9km  
East Bustfield Quarry  3.6m/5.9km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.2m/2.0km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edward Pit Tow Law 2.8m/4.5km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 3.6m/5.8km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 1.7m/2.8km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 2.4m/3.9km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 1.8m/2.9km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.1m/6.6km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  May 1963
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  15 Nov 1985
Ford Drift Cornsay 2.4m/3.9km 1868 Sep 1953
Fortune Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 3.0m/4.8km  
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 1.8m/2.9km  
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 5.0m/8.0km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 1.8m/2.9km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 1.9m/3.1km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.5m/2.4km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 1.0m/1.7km 1868 1958
Hannah Pit Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 2.1m/3.4km  
Healeyfield Vein Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 0.6m/1.0km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 2.8m/4.5km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
Heugh Drift Esh 1.5m/2.4km  
High Drift Cornsay 0.8m/1.4km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 3.7m/6.0km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 2.8m/4.5km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 3.1m/5.0km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.2m/5.2km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 3.7m/6.0km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Humber Hill Drift Consett 2.9m/4.7km  09 Nov 1963
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 3.7m/6.0km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.0m/3.3km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.0m/6.4km  31 Oct 1975
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 4.7m/7.6km  
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 3.3m/5.3km  
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 2.9m/4.7km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.8m/6.2km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.2m/5.2km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.5m/5.6km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.6km  Jan 1949
Little Pit Crook 3.0m/4.9km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 1.3m/2.2km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 4.6m/7.5km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 4.6m/7.5km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 0.8m/1.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 3.6m/5.8km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 2.5m/4.1km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 2.8m/4.5km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 2.9m/4.7km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 2.9m/4.7km  
May Drift Lanchester 2.6m/4.3km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 2.8m/4.6km  
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.4m/5.5km 1858 17 Jul 1953
No. 1 Crook 4.6m/7.5km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 1.9m/3.1km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Crook 4.6m/7.5km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 1.9m/3.1km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 4.6m/7.5km  02 Jun 1928
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 4.0m/6.4km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 3.5m/5.6km  
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.5m/7.2km 1983 
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.8m/7.8km  
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 2.5m/4.0km  
Pease's West Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.6km  
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 1.6m/2.6km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 1.0m/1.7km  
Red House Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km  
Rippon's Outlet Quarry Satley 3.4m/5.5km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 3.1m/5.0km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.5km 1952 Aug 1955
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 3.3m/5.3km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 4.8m/7.8km  
Rush Pit Etherley 1.8m/2.9km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 0.0m/0.1km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.4m/5.5km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 1.9m/3.1km 1955 May 1968
Steeleyburn Quarry Satley 3.0m/4.9km  
Success Pit Etherley 1.8m/2.9km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 2.1m/3.5km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.0m/4.8km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.6m/4.3km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 1.0m/1.7km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 4.9m/7.9km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 3.5m/5.7km  
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.2m/5.2km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 2.4m/3.9km  
Viewly Hill (Ganister) Tow Law 4.5m/7.3km  1923
Warren Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.6km  22 Jul 1949
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 1.3m/2.1km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 2.2m/3.6km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Butsfield Middle Quarry  4.7m/7.6km  
West Butsfield Triangular Quarry  4.5m/7.2km  
West Butsfield West Triangular Quarry  4.9m/7.9km  
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.3m/2.2km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.0m/4.9km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 3.4m/5.5km 1855 
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 1.1m/1.9km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 4.4m/7.1km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.9m/7.9km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 4.5m/7.3km  09 Nov 1963
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.3m/3.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.4m/3.9km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ballarat Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Ballarat Drift

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