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Blackhill Opencast

OS Grid Ref: NZ 07000 27000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blackhill Opencast

Colliery Page   main page for Blackhill Opencast

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Shaft Middleton-in-Teesdale 4.5m/7.2km  
Arn Gill Colliery nr. Copley 1.4m/2.3km 1947 05 May 1951
Arnghyll Colliery nr. Copley 1.4m/2.3km 1947 05 May 1951
Blakeley Quarry  3.9m/6.3km  
Bolton Close Quarry  3.8m/6.2km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 2.7m/4.4km  31 Nov 1929
Busty Drift nr. Copley 1.6m/2.7km 1947 05 May 1951
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 2.5m/4.0km  1950
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.5km  Apr 1927
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Copley Bent Colliery Butterknowle 1.5m/2.4km  1924
Copley Colliery Cockfield 1.4m/2.3km  20 Mar 1930
Copley Lane Colliery Butterknowle 2.0m/3.3km  30 Nov 1922
Copperside Colliery Woodland 0.5m/0.9km  
Cow Close Colliery Woodland 0.3m/0.6km  
Cowley Drift nr. Copley 1.5m/2.5km 1947 05 May 1951
Cowley Shaft Woodland 1.0m/1.6km  Mar 1921
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 4.0m/6.5km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km  
Crake Scar Colliery Cockfield 0.6m/1.0km  
Dean Colliery  4.1m/6.6km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 2.5m/4.1km  
Doctors Gate Quarry  3.2m/5.2km  
Drift Evenwood 4.4m/7.1km  
Drift Evenwood 4.1m/6.6km  
Drift Evenwood 3.9m/6.3km  
Dunn's House Drift Woodland 0.5m/0.9km  1924
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 3.3m/5.3km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 1.6m/2.7km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  Feb 1962
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km 1836 Dec 1912
Gaunless Lead Mill Butterknowle 1.5m/2.5km  
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 4.1m/6.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 2.8m/4.5km  1950
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  
Hall Pit Cockfield 4.1m/6.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 2.8m/4.6km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 3.0m/4.8km  21 May 1926
Hedrick Quarry  3.5m/5.7km  
High House Colliery Butterknowle 3.0m/4.9km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
High Trough Colliery Copley 1.3m/2.1km  19 Feb 1927
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 2.6m/4.2km  31 Mar 1921
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.1km  29 May 1929
Hutton Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km  
John Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1867 
Lands Colliery Cockfield 4.1m/6.7km 1879 
Langleydale Colliery Cockfield 2.3m/3.7km  1931
Lingberry Quarry  4.1m/6.6km  
Low Summerhill Colliery Woodland 0.5m/0.9km  03 Feb 1926
Lynesack Colliery Woodland 0.8m/1.4km  31 Jan 1926
Meadowleigh Colliery Copley Lane 2.0m/3.3km  17 Apr 1926
Mill Bank Colliery Copley 1.5m/2.4km  14 Dec 1928
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.0km  25 Feb 1911
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  Oct 1961
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 4.1m/6.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km  
New Copley Colliery Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1867 
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 3.3m/5.3km  02 Dec 1936
North Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 1.8m/2.9km  30 Aug 1919
North Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 1.3m/2.2km  
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 2.6m/4.2km  
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km  Mar 1912
Oakly Bank Quarry Evenwood 2.5m/4.0km  
Pikestone (Lead Ore) Frosterley 4.2m/6.8km  10 Jul 1891
Pioneer Pit Cockfield 0.6m/1.0km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 4.0m/6.4km  
Pond House Colliery Woodland 0.2m/0.4km  04 Sep 1926
Providence Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1834 
Quarry West Pit Butterknowle 1.9m/3.1km  1950
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Randolph Pit Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km 1836 Dec 1912
Rowan Tree Colliery  2.8m/4.5km  
Sharnberry (Lead Ore) Frosterley 4.8m/7.8km  
High Level Frosterley 4.8m/7.8km  
Low Level Eggleston, Teesdale 4.3m/6.9km  
Shotton Moor Colliery Shotton Moor 2.8m/4.6km  08 Mar 1930
Smout Pit Cockfield 2.7m/4.4km  20 Mar 1930
South Grain (Lead Ore) Middleton-in-Teesdale 4.5m/7.2km  
South Pit Evenwood 4.6m/7.5km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 2.7m/4.4km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 2.4m/3.9km  Jun 1914
Spuriswood Quarry  3.5m/5.6km  
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 3.6m/5.9km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Victoria Colliery Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1867 
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km  
West Copley Colliery Woodland 1.0m/1.6km  
West Crake Scar Colliery Woodland 0.2m/0.4km  
West Crane Row Drift Butterknowle 1.3m/2.1km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 2.6m/4.2km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 4.8m/7.8km  
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 2.6m/4.3km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  
White House Colliery Egglestone (Romaldkirk) 3.1m/5.1km  
Wigglesworth Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.1km  
William Pit Butterknowle 2.6m/4.2km  1950
Windy Hill Quarry Eggleston 4.5m/7.2km  
Woodland Colliery Woodland 0.3m/0.5km  Mar 1921
Woodland Fell Colliery Woodland 0.5m/0.8km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Blackhill Opencast

Colliery Page   main page for Blackhill Opencast

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