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Bush Blades Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16484 53955

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bush Blades Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Bush Blades Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 3.0m/4.8km 1837 
Air Pit Beamish 2.9m/4.7km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.5m/7.2km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.5m/7.2km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.2m/5.2km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 1.3m/2.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 1.3m/2.2km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.0m/6.4km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.7km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.5m/5.6km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.5m/5.6km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.3m/6.9km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 2.9m/4.7km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.1km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.9m/3.1km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.9m/6.3km  22 Jul 1949
Billingside Drift Leadgate 2.5m/4.0km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.7m/6.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Bog Pit Pontop 0.9m/1.5km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.1m/5.0km  
Brack Pit Kyo 0.5m/0.9km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 2.8m/4.5km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 2.9m/4.7km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 0.7m/1.2km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.3m/7.0km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Broom Pit Stanley 1.7m/2.8km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.9m/6.3km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 1.5m/2.4km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km  
Busty Pit Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 3.7m/6.0km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.0m/6.4km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.4km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.4m/3.9km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 3.5m/5.6km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 3.6m/5.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.4m/5.5km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.3m/6.9km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.2m/6.8km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 0.1m/0.3km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 1.5m/2.5km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.2km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 1.5m/2.4km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 3.9m/6.3km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.4m/7.1km  
D Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 3.9m/6.3km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  2.5m/4.0km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Dike Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 0.6m/1.1km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  2.4m/3.9km  
Drift  2.3m/3.7km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Dummys Pit  3.3m/5.3km bef. 1790 
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.3m/6.9km  
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  
East Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 0.8m/1.3km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.0m/4.8km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.2km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 1.9m/3.1km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 2.3m/3.7km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 3.2m/5.2km  
Edward Pit Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.4km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km 1836 
Esther Pit Tanfield 0.6m/1.1km  
Fallow Pit  4.8m/7.7km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 1.8m/2.9km  
Fell Coking Plant Consett 4.8m/7.8km Mar 1924 
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.5km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.4km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.8m/6.2km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.9m/6.3km  22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Fox Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 1.2m/2.0km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.0m/6.4km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.1km  1854
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.8m/6.1km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.4m/7.1km  
George Pit Craghead 3.7m/6.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.0m/4.8km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 2.2m/3.6km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km 1838 Jul 1957
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.3m/5.3km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.3m/7.0km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 1.9m/3.1km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.7km 1839 
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 3.6m/5.8km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 1.6m/2.7km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 2.0m/3.2km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.6m/4.2km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 2.9m/4.7km  
Hive Pit Pontop 1.6m/2.7km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 1.5m/2.4km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 3.6m/5.8km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.8m/4.6km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 1.5m/2.4km  
Hutton Seam Drift  2.2m/3.6km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.0m/4.8km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 2.8m/4.6km 1839 1892
John Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
John Shaft  2.7m/4.4km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
King Pit Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km  25 Nov 1966
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 4.5m/7.3km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 3.9m/6.3km  
Law Pit Lanchester 0.7m/1.2km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  Jan 1949
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.2m/5.2km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.2m/5.2km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 0.3m/0.6km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.3m/2.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 1.5m/2.5km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.3m/5.4km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 1.3m/2.2km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 1.9m/3.1km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 1.0m/1.7km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 1.0m/1.7km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.4km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 1.7m/2.8km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.4km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.5km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 1.3m/2.1km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.2m/5.2km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.4km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Moor Pit Pontop 0.9m/1.5km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.3km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  2.7m/4.4km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 0.5m/0.8km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 0.7m/1.2km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
New Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.4km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 1.5m/2.5km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Oxhill Pit Stanley 1.6m/2.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 2.4m/3.9km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 1.5m/2.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km 1802 1940
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.3km  
Pike Pit Pontop 1.1m/1.9km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 0.5m/0.9km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.9m/6.3km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.2km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 1.3m/2.1km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 0.3m/0.6km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 1.7m/2.8km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.9m/6.3km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 5.0m/8.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 2.6m/4.3km 1952 Aug 1955
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.3m/6.9km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 3.8m/6.2km 1847 Sep 1913
Second Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.6km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.9m/4.7km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.3m/7.0km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 1.5m/2.4km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 1.3m/2.1km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.5m/2.5km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km  
Spring Pits Pontop 1.3m/2.2km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 0.9m/1.5km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 3.2m/5.2km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 1.0m/1.7km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 0.3m/0.6km  
Success Pit Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 0.6m/1.1km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.5m/2.4km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 0.5m/0.9km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thomas Pit Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Tilley Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.0m/6.4km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.3m/5.3km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.2km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.9m/7.9km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.5m/7.2km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.8m/6.1km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 1.8m/3.0km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 2.8m/4.5km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 3.9m/6.3km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 3.8m/6.2km 1847 Sep 1913
Warren Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  22 Jul 1949
Water Level Drift East Castle 1.7m/2.8km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.2m/3.6km  
Water Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 3.5m/5.6km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 0.7m/1.2km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.5m/7.2km 1858 1921
West Pit House Shaft  4.8m/7.8km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 3.5m/5.7km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 1.7m/2.8km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.6m/5.9km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.5m/5.6km  1941
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.3m/7.0km  
William Pit Craghead 3.7m/6.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Medomsley 2.6m/4.2km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 0.5m/0.9km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.3m/2.1km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 2.1m/3.4km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.2m/5.2km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 3.4m/5.5km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.2m/3.6km  

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