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Buckhead Opencast

OS Grid Ref: NZ 14500 23500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Buckhead Opencast

Colliery Page   main page for Buckhead Opencast

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Arn Gill Colliery nr. Copley 3.9m/6.3km 1947 05 May 1951
Arnghyll Colliery nr. Copley 3.9m/6.3km 1947 05 May 1951
Balmer Hill Quarry Gainford 3.6m/5.9km  
Bathurst's Smelt Mill (Lead Ore) Swaledale 5.0m/8.0km  
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  16 Oct 1956
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 0.4m/0.7km  07 Feb 1925
Blakeley Quarry  3.7m/6.0km  
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 2.8m/4.5km  
Bolton Close Quarry  4.3m/6.9km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 2.4m/3.9km  31 Nov 1929
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.6m/5.9km 1925 1968
Busty Drift nr. Copley 4.5m/7.3km 1947 05 May 1951
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 2.6m/4.3km  1950
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 2.1m/3.5km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  Jan 1948
Copley Bent Colliery Butterknowle 3.7m/6.0km  1924
Copley Colliery Cockfield 3.8m/6.1km  20 Mar 1930
Copley Lane Colliery Butterknowle 3.0m/4.9km  30 Nov 1922
Copperside Colliery Woodland 4.9m/7.9km  
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 4.6m/7.4km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km  Jun 1923
Cow Close Colliery Woodland 4.8m/7.7km  
Cowley Drift nr. Copley 4.8m/7.8km 1947 05 May 1951
Cowley Shaft Woodland 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1921
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 2.6m/4.2km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 0.7m/1.2km  
Crake Scar Colliery Cockfield 4.8m/7.7km  
Dean Colliery  1.0m/1.7km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 2.5m/4.1km  
Drift Evenwood 3.3m/5.3km  
Drift Evenwood 3.1m/5.0km  
Drift Evenwood 3.0m/4.9km  
Dunn House Quarry Gainford 3.3m/5.4km  
Dunn's House Drift Woodland 4.9m/7.9km  1924
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 1.9m/3.1km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 3.9m/6.3km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 0.3m/0.5km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 4.0m/6.5km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 1.2m/2.0km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 1.9m/3.1km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.9m/7.9km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  
Gaunless Lead Mill Butterknowle 3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit Etherley 4.7m/7.6km  
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 1.0m/1.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 2.3m/3.7km  1950
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 4.0m/6.4km  Jan 1964
Hall Pit Cockfield 1.0m/1.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 2.2m/3.6km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 2.3m/3.8km  21 May 1926
High House Colliery Butterknowle 2.6m/4.2km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  
High Trough Colliery Copley 4.1m/6.6km  19 Feb 1927
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 2.8m/4.5km  31 Mar 1921
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 1.9m/3.1km  29 May 1929
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  02 Jul 1909
Hutton Pit Cockfield 1.9m/3.1km  
Jane Pit Etherley 4.5m/7.2km  
John Pit Cockfield 1.9m/3.1km 1867 
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.2m/5.2km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km 1879 
Langleydale Colliery Cockfield 3.5m/5.7km  1931
Langton Quarry Gainford 3.1m/5.1km  
Lingberry Quarry  4.1m/6.7km  
Low Summerhill Colliery Woodland 4.6m/7.4km  03 Feb 1926
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km  
Lynesack Colliery Woodland 4.5m/7.2km  31 Jan 1926
Meadowleigh Colliery Copley Lane 3.1m/5.0km  17 Apr 1926
Mill Bank Colliery Copley 3.8m/6.1km  14 Dec 1928
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 2.0m/3.3km  25 Feb 1911
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  Oct 1961
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 1.0m/1.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.1m/5.1km  
New Copley Colliery Cockfield 1.9m/3.1km 1867 
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 2.1m/3.4km  02 Dec 1936
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1949 Aug 1965
Newsham Drift Gainford 4.6m/7.5km  26 Sep 1914
Newsham Drift Winston 4.6m/7.5km  
No. 1 Pit Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
North Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 3.3m/5.4km  30 Aug 1919
North Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 4.1m/6.6km  
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 3.5m/5.7km  
North Tees Colliery nr. Winston 4.6m/7.4km  Jan 1966
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 1.3m/2.2km  Mar 1912
Oakly Bank Quarry Evenwood 2.8m/4.5km  
Osmondcroft (Winston) Drift Winston, Darlington 4.7m/7.6km 1988 Aug 1991
Osmondcroft Colliery Winston 4.5m/7.2km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  0.6m/1.0km  
Park House Colliery  0.8m/1.4km  
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.5m/7.2km  
Pioneer Pit Cockfield 4.8m/7.7km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 2.6m/4.2km  
Pond House Colliery Woodland 4.9m/7.9km  04 Sep 1926
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 5.0m/8.0km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.0m/3.2km 1834 
Quarry West Pit Butterknowle 3.1m/5.1km  1950
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.4m/5.5km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 1.1m/1.8km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 1.2m/2.0km 1836 Dec 1912
Rowan Tree Colliery  3.4m/5.5km  
Shotton Moor Colliery Shotton Moor 2.6m/4.3km  08 Mar 1930
Smout Pit Cockfield 2.3m/3.8km  20 Mar 1930
South Pit Evenwood 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 3.3m/5.3km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 2.8m/4.6km  Jun 1914
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 2.0m/3.3km  Jul 1967
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 3.4m/5.5km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 1.1m/1.8km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 0.6m/1.0km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 1.5m/2.5km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 3.0m/4.9km  
Victoria Colliery Cockfield 1.9m/3.1km 1867 
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.0m/4.8km  
West Copley Colliery Woodland 4.5m/7.2km  
West Crake Scar Colliery Woodland 4.8m/7.8km  
West Crane Row Drift Butterknowle 4.1m/6.7km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.7m/7.6km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 3.4m/5.5km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 1.6m/2.7km  
Westholme Colliery Winston 3.5m/5.7km  22 Aug 1914
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 2.7m/4.4km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Wigglesworth Colliery Cockfield 2.0m/3.3km  
Willance's Smelt Mill (Lead Ore) Swaledale 5.0m/8.0km  
William Pit Butterknowle 2.5m/4.0km  1950
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km  Jun 1923
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Buckhead Opencast

Colliery Page   main page for Buckhead Opencast

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