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Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 15500 62200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.7m/4.4km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 1.0m/1.7km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 1.5m/2.4km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allendale Drift Ebchester 4.8m/7.7km  
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.4m/7.1km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.6km  
Ann Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.8m/6.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.2m/2.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.5m/4.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.9m/4.7km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 0.8m/1.3km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.5m/4.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.1km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 1.8m/2.9km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 1.8m/2.9km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 0.9m/1.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 1.8m/3.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.9m/7.9km  
Bean Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.2m/5.2km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.4m/7.1km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.8m/6.1km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 0.9m/1.5km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 0.9m/1.5km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.0m/6.4km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 0.9m/1.5km  
Billet Pit Elswick 4.3m/6.9km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.7m/7.6km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 4.8m/7.7km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 0.6m/1.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 0.0m/0.0km  
Bog Pit Stella 0.9m/1.5km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.9m/7.9km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km  1950
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.8m/6.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.7m/2.8km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 3.7m/6.0km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Callerton Colliery Callerton 4.6m/7.5km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 4.6m/7.5km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.7m/6.0km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.9km  
Cat Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Chance Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km 1756 
Charlie Pit Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.3m/3.7km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.0m/3.2km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.1m/3.5km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 5.0m/8.0km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 1.7m/2.8km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 0.6m/1.1km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 1.8m/3.0km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 1.5m/2.4km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
D Pit Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 3.4m/5.5km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.4km  
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  3.8m/6.1km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 2.5m/4.1km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  4.1m/6.7km bef. 1790 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km  
East Shaft Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  bef. 1922
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 5.0m/8.0km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.1m/6.6km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 1.1m/1.8km  
Edward Pit Benwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.2km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.2km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.3m/6.9km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.5m/7.3km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 2.4m/3.9km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 4.5m/7.3km  
Fallow Pit  1.7m/2.8km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.6km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 5.0m/8.0km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 4.0m/6.5km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.8m/4.5km  
First Pit Winlaton 1.4m/2.3km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 0.1m/0.3km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.5m/5.7km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 1.3m/2.1km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.7m/2.8km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.2km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.9km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 1.0m/1.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  2.6m/4.2km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.2m/6.8km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.5km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.0km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  26 May 1951
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 3.8m/6.1km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.8km 1700's 
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.8m/6.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.6m/4.2km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Humble Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.6km  
Humble Pit Heddon 2.8m/4.6km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 5.0m/8.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
James Pit Prudhoe 3.2m/5.2km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 2.5m/4.1km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.2m/5.2km  
John Shaft  3.7m/6.0km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.3m/2.1km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
King Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
King Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 2.5m/4.1km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.1m/3.5km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.9m/7.9km  
Lady Pit Fenham 4.4m/7.1km  
Lady Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.3km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.8m/6.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 4.1m/6.6km  22 Feb 1963
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 5.0m/8.0km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 5.0m/8.0km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 4.8m/7.7km  
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.0km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 0.5m/0.8km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.7m/4.4km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 1.5m/2.5km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.8m/6.1km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.8m/7.7km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.6m/7.5km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 4.8m/7.8km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km 1865 Feb 1960
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.0m/6.4km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.9m/7.9km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.4km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 1.2m/2.0km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.4m/7.1km 1819 1848
Peggy Pit Wylam 3.0m/4.8km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 1.1m/1.8km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.6m/7.4km  
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.3m/6.9km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.2m/5.2km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km 1756 
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Richard Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 2.6m/4.3km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 2.6m/4.3km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 1.3m/2.1km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Robert Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.0m/3.2km  
Rye Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.6m/4.3km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.0km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.0km 1865 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.2km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  Mar 1921
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 2.5m/4.0km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 0.8m/1.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 4.3m/6.9km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 4.8m/7.7km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.8m/7.8km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Thistle Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 2.8m/4.6km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 3.6m/5.8km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 2.2m/3.6km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 3.1m/5.0km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.6m/2.6km  
Tilley Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.6m/7.4km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.7km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.8m/6.2km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.7m/2.8km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.1km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 0.8m/1.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.2m/2.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 0.8m/1.3km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 2.6m/4.3km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 3.8m/6.1km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.9m/4.7km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.3m/7.0km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.4m/7.1km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.8km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 4.6m/7.4km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  2.1m/3.5km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.3m/6.9km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.3m/7.0km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km  
Whin Pit Thockley 3.3m/5.4km  
William Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.8m/7.8km 1762 Oct 1948
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.9m/4.7km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 4.5m/7.2km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.7m/4.4km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.9m/4.7km  

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