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  Clara Vale Colliery  Index  Clara Vale Colliery  
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Clara Vale Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 13200 65100

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Clara Vale Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Clara Vale Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 2.0m/3.2km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.2m/3.6km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.7km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Ann Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Ann Pit Wylam 0.3m/0.5km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.2m/5.2km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.7m/7.6km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.7km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 1.8m/3.0km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.7m/7.6km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.8km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.0m/6.5km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.0m/6.5km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.0m/4.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.6km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.8m/7.8km  
Bean Pit Throckley 1.8m/2.9km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 4.9m/7.9km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.8m/4.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.8m/4.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.2m/3.6km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 3.5m/5.7km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.4m/3.9km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.3km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.4m/3.9km  
Brass Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.3m/3.7km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 4.6m/7.5km  
Callerton Colliery Callerton 3.4m/5.5km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 3.3m/5.3km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 4.4m/7.1km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Cat Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Chance Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.1m/5.1km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.4m/7.1km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.3m/7.0km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.0km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.3km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 0.8m/1.4km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 1.4m/2.3km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.2km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.8m/7.8km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.3m/6.9km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 2.3m/3.7km 1740? 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
East Shaft Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km  bef. 1922
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 3.1m/5.1km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.8m/4.5km  
Edward Pit Benwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 3.3m/5.4km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.6km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 0.9m/1.5km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Fallow Pit  2.6m/4.2km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.9km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 3.8m/6.1km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
Fence Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.6km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.9km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.0m/3.3km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.0m/6.4km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.6km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.0m/3.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  2.8m/4.6km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.8km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 0.7m/1.2km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.1m/6.7km  26 May 1951
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Hill Pit Throckley 1.7m/2.8km 1700's 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Horsley Pit Spital 3.3m/5.3km  
Humble Pit Throckley 1.0m/1.7km  
Humble Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.7km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
James Pit Prudhoe 1.8m/3.0km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 0.9m/1.5km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
John Pit West Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.0m/1.6km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
King Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.3km  
King Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 0.8m/1.3km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.3m/3.8km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 3.3m/5.3km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 0.7m/1.2km  
Margery Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.6m/4.3km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 0.9m/1.5km  
Mary Pit Throckley 0.9m/1.5km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 4.7m/7.6km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 4.8m/7.8km  09 Feb 1932
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.0m/4.9km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 3.5m/5.7km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 1.5m/2.4km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  Aug 1958
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 4.3m/7.0km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.1km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 1.4m/2.3km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 2.9m/4.7km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 1.8m/3.0km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 0.8m/1.3km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 0.8m/1.3km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 0.8m/1.3km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Robert Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.1m/5.1km  
Rye Pit Throckley 1.9m/3.1km  
Sally Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.3m/7.0km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.3m/7.0km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.8m/3.0km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.0m/3.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Taylor Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.9km 1756 
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 2.7m/4.4km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 1.8m/3.0km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 3.1m/5.1km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 1.4m/2.3km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 1.9m/3.1km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Tilley Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.0m/3.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.6km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.0km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.5m/7.2km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.0km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 1.0m/1.6km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.8m/4.5km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Whin Pit Thockley 1.7m/2.8km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  

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Colliery Page   main page for Clara Vale Colliery

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