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Cocken Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28300 47200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cocken Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Cocken Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.5m/7.3km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 3.5m/5.6km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 0.3m/0.6km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 3.0m/4.8km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.6m/5.8km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 2.0m/3.2km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 3.0m/4.9km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.1m/6.6km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.1m/6.6km 1858 
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 3.0m/4.9km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 3.0m/4.8km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 0.3m/0.6km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 2.5m/4.0km 1880s Sep 1949
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.9m/7.9km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 3.4m/5.5km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.4m/5.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 3.4m/5.5km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 2.6m/4.3km  
Betty Pit  3.8m/6.1km  
Big Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.1m/6.6km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.7m/7.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 3.0m/4.9km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 2.6m/4.2km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 5.0m/8.0km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 1.6m/2.6km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 4.1m/6.6km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.0m/4.8km  1890
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.8km 1867 Feb 1965
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.7km  
Busty Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.5m/5.6km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 1.9m/3.1km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 1.9m/3.1km  07 Nov 1924
Chance Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.1m/5.0km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.7km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.7km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.6m/2.6km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.6m/2.6km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 0.8m/1.4km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.9m/7.9km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.1m/6.7km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 2.8m/4.6km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 1.9m/3.1km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 3.4m/5.5km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.4m/5.5km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 4.6m/7.4km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 3.8m/6.1km  1956
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.1m/6.6km  
Ellison's Shaft  3.1m/5.1km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Engine Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Engine Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 4.6m/7.4km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1867 Feb 1965
Fatfield Colliery Washington 4.6m/7.5km 1700's 
Field House Pit  2.6m/4.2km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 5.0m/8.0km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 0.6m/1.0km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.6m/4.2km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 2.6m/4.3km 1872 
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.6km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.4m/2.3km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 2.4m/3.9km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.8m/7.8km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 4.7m/7.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Easington Lane 4.6m/7.4km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 1.4m/2.3km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 3.8m/6.2km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.2m/6.8km  
Glow O'er 'em Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Godspeed Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 2.0m/3.2km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.5m/7.3km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.5m/7.3km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 0.3m/0.6km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 5.0m/8.0km  
Hat Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Haugh Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 3.5m/5.6km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.0m/6.4km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.4km  
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 5.0m/8.0km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.7m/7.6km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.5m/7.3km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.8m/2.9km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.8m/7.8km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 3.9m/6.3km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.1m/6.6km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 2.0m/3.3km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 4.6m/7.4km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Jane Pit  3.7m/6.0km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 5.0m/8.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Joliffe Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.0m/6.4km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 2.2m/3.6km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 1.3m/2.2km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 3.0m/4.8km 1790 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.4m/5.5km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 4.6m/7.4km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.5km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 3.0m/4.9km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 3.0m/4.9km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 3.0m/4.9km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.3m/7.0km 1792 
Lane Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.4km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 2.3m/3.8km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.6m/7.5km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.5m/7.3km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 2.9m/4.7km 1824 1897
Little Pit Washington 4.7m/7.6km 1894 Mar 1935
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.6m/5.9km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.7km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.6m/4.2km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.4m/3.9km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 5.0m/8.0km  1951
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.7km  1930's
Mary Pit Durham 2.6m/4.3km  
Mary Pit Newbottle 3.8m/6.1km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 5.0m/8.0km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 2.5m/4.1km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 5.0m/8.0km 1871 Dec 1950
Middle Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.4km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.4m/7.1km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.7m/7.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 1.7m/2.8km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 1.8m/2.9km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 3.6m/5.9km 1821 1935
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km 1774 1956
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 2.1m/3.5km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.9m/7.9km 1858 17 Jul 1953
New D Pit Penshaw 4.5m/7.2km 1832 
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 3.8m/6.2km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 2.8m/4.6km 1817 
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 3.6m/5.9km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.6m/5.9km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.5m/5.7km 1849 
Old Engine Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Old Pit Durham 1.6m/2.6km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.9m/7.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.5m/7.2km  
Pea Flat Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.3m/5.3km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.5m/7.2km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.6m/5.9km  11 Jun 1891
Pity Me Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 2.5m/4.1km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 3.0m/4.9km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 3.3m/5.4km  
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 2.5m/4.1km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  3.0m/4.9km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 1.7m/2.8km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.8km  
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.7m/7.6km  
Row Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.0m/4.9km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  3.2m/5.2km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.4m/5.5km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.2m/6.8km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.0m/4.9km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 4.5m/7.3km 1839 1875
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.5m/7.3km  01 Mar 1968
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.9m/7.9km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 2.9m/4.7km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.8m/7.7km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.7km  08 Feb 1922
South Engine Pit Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.1m/6.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.4m/5.5km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.6m/4.2km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 3.9m/6.3km  1956
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.9m/7.9km  
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 3.7m/6.0km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.1m/6.6km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.8m/7.8km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.3m/5.4km  30 Nov 1920
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.5m/7.2km  
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.8m/7.8km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Venture Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Victoria Pit Washington 4.8m/7.8km  Mar 1935
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 2.6m/4.2km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 5.0m/8.0km  22 Jul 1949
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 3.4m/5.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.4m/5.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.1m/6.6km 1858 1921
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.5m/7.2km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.1m/6.6km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.5m/7.2km 1830 
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 4.3m/6.9km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.8m/4.5km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 4.7m/7.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.8m/4.6km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.1m/5.0km  
Woodside Pit  1.8m/2.9km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.3m/3.8km  

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