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Blue House Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26130 30575

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blue House Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Blue House Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 1.7m/2.8km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1830 1925
Annie Pit Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km 1864 1946
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1859 1967
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km 1855 1908
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 4.6m/7.5km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 4.5m/7.3km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.4m/3.9km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km 1830 1939
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.7m/7.6km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.7m/7.6km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.7m/7.6km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 2.1m/3.5km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.8m/7.7km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 2.9m/4.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 2.9m/4.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 2.8m/4.5km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.8m/7.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.0m/6.4km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.0m/6.5km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.6m/4.3km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 1.0m/1.7km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 3.8m/6.1km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 4.8m/7.7km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 4.3m/7.0km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.0m/3.3km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.0m/3.3km  
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.1m/6.6km 1876 1934
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 2.0m/3.3km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 3.0m/4.9km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 2.0m/3.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 1.8m/2.9km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 1.7m/2.8km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 4.5m/7.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 3.7m/6.0km 1864 1937
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 5.0m/8.0km  
George Pit Cornforth 4.8m/7.7km  
George Pit Etherley 4.6m/7.5km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1841 
Gurney Pit  1.8m/3.0km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 4.5m/7.3km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 2.0m/3.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Hett Colliery Hett 4.2m/6.8km  
Coal Drift Hett 4.4m/7.1km  
Coal Shaft Hett 4.6m/7.4km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 4.6m/7.4km  
High Pit Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  1925
Jane Pit West Cornforth 3.5m/5.7km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 1.8m/2.9km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.0m/6.4km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.6km 1829 Jul 1932
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 0.5m/0.9km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 0.5m/0.9km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 2.5m/4.1km  1865
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 2.9m/4.7km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit West Cornforth 3.6m/5.8km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 1.9m/3.1km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 1.1m/1.9km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 3.3m/5.3km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 2.9m/4.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 1.5m/2.5km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.6m/4.3km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 2.5m/4.0km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.4m/7.1km  1930's
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  
North Pit  2.5m/4.0km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 2.0m/3.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 3.6m/5.9km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.6m/5.9km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.8m/7.8km 1983 
Pasture Pit  2.3m/3.7km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  1.6m/2.6km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 3.6m/5.8km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  Sep 1955
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.6m/7.4km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 3.0m/4.8km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 3.5m/5.6km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.6m/5.9km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 2.0m/3.3km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.9km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.2m/5.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.3km 1840 1932
Tennants Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.1km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 3.3m/5.3km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.0m/6.4km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 3.6m/5.8km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 3.6m/5.8km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 3.4m/5.5km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 3.9m/6.3km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 3.5m/5.7km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.7m/6.0km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.2m/5.2km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.2m/5.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.2m/5.2km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 3.1m/5.0km  
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.1m/6.7km 1854 1968
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km  
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 3.6m/5.8km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.4m/7.1km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.4m/7.1km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 2.2m/3.6km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Willington Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.3km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 1.7m/2.8km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 2.6m/4.3km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blue House Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Blue House Drift

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