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Birkhams Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NX 95500 15400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birkhams Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Birkhams Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Aldby Quarry  4.3m/6.9km  
Arrowthwaite Pit (Upcast) Whitehaven 1.4m/2.3km  
Bankend Quarry Whitehaven 2.8m/4.6km  
Barngill Quarry Distington 4.8m/7.7km  
Barrowmouth (Gypsum) Whitehaven 0.1m/0.3km  
Berrier (Iron Ore) Cleator Moor 3.8m/6.1km 1911 
Bigrigg (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 3.3m/5.4km  
Birks Pit (Coal)  4.6m/7.5km  
Bowthorn Colliery Cleator Moor 3.5m/5.7km  
Castlerigg Pit Moresby 4.7m/7.6km  
Cleator Moor (Iron Ore) Cleator 4.3m/7.0km  
Clintz (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 3.6m/5.9km  
Coneyside Quarry Egremont 4.2m/6.8km  
Countess Pit Parton 3.5m/5.7km  
Croft Pit Bigrigg 3.3m/5.4km  
Croft Pit Whitehaven 0.6m/1.0km  
Croft Pit Whitehaven 0.6m/1.0km  
Crossfield (Iron Ore) Cleator Moor 3.7m/6.0km  
Crossgill Mine [?] Frizington 5.0m/8.0km  
Crowgarth (Iron Ore) Cleator Moor 3.8m/6.1km  Sep 1948
Dalmellington Mine Frizington 5.0m/8.0km  
Dalzell's Moor Row (Iron Ore) Moor Row 3.3m/5.3km  
David Lawn (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 3.3m/5.4km  
David Pit Whitehaven 3.1m/5.0km  
Davy Pit Whitehaven 3.1m/5.1km  
Duke Pit Whitehaven 1.8m/2.9km  
Duke Pit  1.8m/2.9km  
Fletcher Pit (Iron Ore) Cleator 3.2m/5.2km  
Florence (Iron Ore) Egremont 5.0m/8.0km 1914 
George Pit Whitehaven 2.8m/4.5km  
Gillfoot Park (Iron Ore) Egremont 4.0m/6.5km  
Gin Pit (Iron Ore)  3.9m/6.3km  
Haig Colliery Whitehaven 1.5m/2.4km 1914 1985
Harrington Colliery Lowca, nr. Whitehaven 4.3m/7.0km 1910 1968
Hay Pit (Iron)  3.5m/5.6km  
Henry Pit Whitehaven 1.5m/2.4km  
Hodgson Pit Harrington 4.8m/7.8km  
Hope Pit Cleator Moor 3.4m/5.5km  
James's Pit (Iron Ore)  3.8m/6.1km  
James's Pit (Iron) Cleator 3.2m/5.2km  
James's Pit (Iron)  3.4m/5.5km  
James's Pit Whitehaven 2.3m/3.7km  
Kell's Pit Whitehaven 1.0m/1.6km  
Kells Pit Whitehaven 1.0m/1.6km  
King Pit Whitehaven 1.6m/2.6km  
Lady Pit Whitehaven 2.5m/4.0km  
Ladysmith Pit Whitehaven 1.5m/2.4km  
Lambhill Colliery Parton 3.5m/5.7km  
Langhorn Quarry Bigrigg 3.3m/5.4km  
Lindow Pit Cleator Moor 3.5m/5.7km  
Meadow Pit (Iron) Cleator 3.6m/5.8km  
Moresby and Keekle Opencast Whitehaven 2.8m/4.6km  
Moresby Colliery Moresby 4.1m/6.7km  
Moss Bay (Iron Ore) Woodend 3.5m/5.6km  31 Dec 1931
Moss Pit Sandwith 1.1m/1.8km  
North Pit Hensingham 2.6m/4.3km  
North Pit Hensingham 3.1m/5.0km  
Overend Quarry Whitehaven 2.3m/3.7km  
Pallaflat (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 3.1m/5.0km  1914
Parkside (Iron Ore) Frizington 5.0m/8.0km  
Parliament Pit Cleator Moor 3.7m/6.0km  
Postlethwaite's Moor Row (Iron Ore) Moor Row 3.3m/5.3km  
Saltom Pit Whitehaven 1.3m/2.1km  
Saltom Pit Whitehaven 1.3m/2.1km  
Sandwith Mine (Anhydrite) Whitehaven 0.5m/0.9km 1952 
Scalegill Colliery Egremont 2.0m/3.3km  
Sir John Walsh (Iron Ore) Bigrigg 3.1m/5.1km  
Threapthwaite Colliery Threapthwaite 3.8m/6.2km  
Thwaite Pit Whitehaven 1.5m/2.5km  
Todholes Pit (Iron Ore) Cleator Moor 4.0m/6.5km  
Todholes Quarry  4.0m/6.5km  
Townhead (Iron Ore) Egremont 3.9m/6.3km  29 Oct 1923
Walkmill Colliery Moresby, Whitehaven 4.0m/6.4km  1961
Wellington Colliery Whitehaven 1.9m/3.1km  
Whinnyhill Colliery Cleator Moor 3.3m/5.3km  
Whitehaven Colliery Whitehaven 1.5m/2.4km  1985
William Colliery Whitehaven 2.5m/4.1km  1954
William Pit Bigrigg 3.5m/5.6km  
William Pit Whitehaven 2.5m/4.1km  1954
Wilson Pit Sandwith 0.8m/1.4km  
Wilson Pit Sandwith 0.8m/1.4km  
Wreah Pit Cleator Moor 3.0m/4.9km  
Wyndham Mines Bigrigg 3.4m/5.5km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Birkhams Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Birkhams Quarry

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