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Birkshaw Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NY 77426 65511

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birkshaw Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Birkshaw Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Barcombe Colliery Bardon Mill 1.0m/1.6km  
Barcombe Quarry Bardon Mill 0.9m/1.5km  
Bardon Mill Colliery Bardon Mill 0.6m/1.0km 1940 24 Nov 1973
Bayldon Colliery Bayldon, nr. Haltwhistle 2.3m/3.7km  
Beamwham Level (Coal) Haydon Bridge 2.7m/4.4km  
Black Shield Bog Colliery Plenmellor 4.4m/7.1km  1880's
Blackett Colliery Haltwhistle 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1927
Bolton Shaft Haydon Bridge 3.6m/5.8km  1893
Brockenheugh (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 4.7m/7.6km  
Brogden Shaft Haydon Bridge 3.1m/5.0km  1893
Carrstones Quarry  4.6m/7.5km  
Cart's Bog Colliery Hexham 3.8m/6.2km  
Cawfields Quarry Haltwhistle 3.8m/6.1km  
Church Burn (Lead Ore) Haltwhistle 4.5m/7.2km  
Cockmount Hill Mine Walltown 4.8m/7.7km  
Corkton (Ironstone) Henshaw 0.8m/1.3km  
Grindon Hill Mine (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 3.9m/6.3km  
Henshaw Colliery Bardon Mill 0.6m/1.0km 1940 05 Nov 1973
Honeycrook Adit Haydon Bridge 3.4m/5.5km  1893
Joicey Shaft Haydon Bridge 3.6m/5.9km  1893
Kennel Coal Pit Plenmellor 4.5m/7.2km  
Langley Barony (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 3.6m/5.9km 1874 1893
Leadbitter Shaft Haydon Bridge 3.2m/5.2km  1893
Leeshall Colliery Haltwhistle 4.3m/6.9km  
Leslie Shaft Haydon Bridge 3.6m/5.9km  1893
Melkridge Colliery Melkridge, Haltwhistle 2.3m/3.7km  
Melkridge Pit Melkridge, Haltwhistle 2.1m/3.5km  
Moralee Fell (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 2.1m/3.4km  
Morralee Mine (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 2.1m/3.4km  
Morwood Colliery Bardon Mill 1.8m/2.9km  Jul 1960
Nattrass's Level (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 3.3m/5.4km  
Plainnmeller Colliery Haltwhistle 3.6m/5.9km  26 May 1932
Plenmeller Colliery Haltwhistle 3.6m/5.9km  26 May 1932
Ramshaw Drift Haltwhistle 1.3m/2.2km  
Ramshawfield Drift Bardon Mill 1.3m/2.2km  
Robin Rock Drift Haltwhistle 4.3m/6.9km  
Shawhead Drift Bardon Mill 1.0m/1.6km  
Sillyburn Mine (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 4.8m/7.8km  
South Tyne Clay Drift Haltwhistle 4.1m/6.7km  
South Tyne Colliery Haltwhistle 4.1m/6.7km  1931
Stublick Colliery Langley-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km  1926
Ventners Hall Colliery Greenhead 4.4m/7.1km 1937 20 Feb 1959
Wall Shield Colliery Greenhead 4.6m/7.5km  
Waterhouse (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 2.3m/3.8km  
West Crindledykes Quarry  1.1m/1.9km  
Whinfield Drifts Stocksfield 2.6m/4.3km  
Whinnetley Vein (Lead Ore) Haydon Bridge 2.6m/4.2km  
Whinnetly Colliery Haydon Bridge 2.6m/4.2km  1893

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birkshaw Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Birkshaw Colliery

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