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Brandon Brickworks

OS Grid Ref: NZ 24500 40100

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brandon Brickworks

Colliery Page   main page for Brandon Brickworks

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 0.3m/0.6km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.0m/3.3km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.6m/7.5km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Allotment Drift Bearpark 0.6m/1.1km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 2.5m/4.1km 1880s Sep 1949
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.6m/7.5km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 5.0m/8.0km 1960 1974
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.0m/3.3km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.1m/3.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.0m/3.3km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 4.6m/7.4km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km 1860 01 May 1909
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.8m/6.2km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.8m/7.8km  bef. 1894
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.6m/7.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 4.8m/7.8km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 0.3m/0.6km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.6m/5.9km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.6m/5.9km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.6m/5.9km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Colliery Brandon 0.0m/0.1km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 1.8m/3.0km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 0.8m/1.4km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 0.6m/1.1km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km  
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 4.5m/7.3km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.1km  07 Nov 1924
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.9m/7.9km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.8m/7.7km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.5km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 5.0m/8.0km  Apr 1957
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.2m/3.6km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 1.4m/2.3km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 4.9m/7.9km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.1km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km  1924
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elvet Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 0.6m/1.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 3.3m/5.4km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 3.6m/5.8km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.7m/6.0km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 0.6m/1.1km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 3.2m/5.2km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 3.3m/5.4km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1934
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.8m/7.8km 1841 
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.5m/7.2km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.3m/6.9km 1868 1958
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 5.0m/8.0km  Apr 1957
Harvey Drift Lanchester 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 5.0m/8.0km 1870's Nov 1929
Hett Colliery Hett 3.1m/5.0km  
Coal Drift Hett 3.2m/5.2km  
Coal Shaft Hett 3.3m/5.3km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 3.3m/5.3km  
Heugh Drift Esh 3.8m/6.2km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 4.9m/7.9km  bef. 1894
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 3.5m/5.7km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 3.2m/5.2km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.2m/5.2km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 2.2m/3.6km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 4.6m/7.4km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.9m/6.3km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.7km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.3m/6.9km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 4.5m/7.3km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.7m/7.6km  Aug 1963
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.8m/6.1km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.0m/6.5km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 0.6m/1.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 1.1m/1.9km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.0m/4.9km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 4.3m/6.9km  
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 3.5m/5.7km  1951
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit Durham 3.2m/5.2km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 0.6m/1.1km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.4km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.4km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.2m/6.8km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Miner Pit Meadowfield 0.6m/1.1km 1870 Dec 1950
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 1.8m/3.0km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.8m/7.8km 1841 
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.6m/7.4km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.6m/7.4km 1955 May 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 0.6m/1.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.4km  
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 4.5m/7.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 3.2m/5.2km  
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.0m/4.9km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 3.3m/5.4km  07 Nov 1924
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.0m/4.9km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 3.5m/5.7km 1983 
Pickering Quarry  4.8m/7.7km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.4km  
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 3.2m/5.2km  
Rush Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.9km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.8m/7.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 4.5m/7.3km  
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.8m/7.7km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 3.2m/5.2km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 1.8m/3.0km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.0m/4.9km 1855 Jul 1931
South Engine Pit Durham 2.1m/3.4km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.0m/6.4km 1846 June 1927
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 4.6m/7.4km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 1.4m/2.3km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.7m/7.6km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.6km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.3m/6.9km 1868 1958
Thornton Pit Croxdale 2.3m/3.8km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.0m/6.5km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 2.8m/4.6km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.0m/4.9km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.3m/7.0km 1854 1968
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 2.2m/3.6km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 3.7m/6.0km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 2.9m/4.7km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 3.9m/6.3km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Willington Colliery Willington 4.7m/7.6km 1840 1932
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.7m/6.0km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 4.2m/6.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 4.3m/6.9km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Brandon Brickworks

Colliery Page   main page for Brandon Brickworks

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