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Delaval Benwell Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 20900 63600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Delaval Benwell Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Delaval Benwell Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 3.1m/5.1km 1842 
A Pit Greenside 4.5m/7.3km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 0.8m/1.4km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.5m/4.1km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.0m/6.5km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.8m/6.1km 1769 
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km 1726 1973
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 0.5m/0.9km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.7m/7.6km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.0m/3.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 1.1m/1.9km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 4.2m/6.8km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.0m/3.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 2.3m/3.8km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.4km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.3m/6.9km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.6m/5.9km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.6m/5.9km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.9m/6.3km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.7m/7.6km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 4.5m/7.2km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 2.0m/3.2km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 0.3m/0.6km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 1.0m/1.7km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 0.3m/0.6km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.5m/4.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.5m/4.0km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 3.3m/5.3km  1968
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.6m/4.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 0.9m/1.5km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.9m/6.3km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.1m/3.5km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 1.3m/2.1km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.7m/4.4km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.6m/4.2km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 4.1m/6.7km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.7m/6.0km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.4m/5.5km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.2m/6.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Callerton Colliery Callerton 4.7m/7.6km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 4.8m/7.8km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 1.4m/2.3km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
Cat Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km 1756 
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 0.6m/1.0km  
Church Quarry Heworth 4.3m/7.0km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 4.8m/7.8km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.4m/3.9km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 1.7m/2.8km  
Content Pit Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.0m/4.9km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.7m/4.4km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 5.0m/8.0km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.8m/7.8km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.6m/7.5km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  Dec 1893
Delaval Pit Benwell 0.0m/0.1km  
Delight Pit Byker 3.8m/6.1km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 1.6m/2.7km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.7m/7.6km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.0m/6.4km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 3.0m/4.8km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 1.3m/2.1km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 1.3m/2.1km 1875 Dec 1947
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 4.0m/6.4km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 0.8m/1.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.3m/3.7km  
Edward Pit Benwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.0m/1.7km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.0m/1.6km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.8m/1.3km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 4.0m/6.5km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 4.3m/6.9km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 4.0m/6.5km  
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Fan's Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 2.0m/3.3km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.1m/6.7km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 4.1m/6.7km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.0m/6.5km  
Fence Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Fence Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.4km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.5m/5.6km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.5m/5.7km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km 1736 
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 1.8m/2.9km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 1.8m/3.0km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.7m/6.0km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.5m/4.1km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
George Pit Low Fell 3.7m/6.0km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 4.0m/6.5km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km  
Green Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  23 Jul 1966
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 1.5m/2.4km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 5.0m/8.0km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 0.8m/1.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.1m/6.6km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km 1700's 
Holly Hill Pit Felling 4.4m/7.1km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 4.0m/6.5km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Humble Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Humble Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.4km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jenny Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 4.3m/7.0km  
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
John Pit Felling 4.0m/6.5km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 5.0m/8.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 2.4m/3.9km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 4.3m/7.0km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
King Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
King Pit Heddon 4.5m/7.2km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 5.0m/8.0km  
Lady Pit Dunston 1.8m/3.0km  
Lady Pit Fenham 1.6m/2.7km  
Lady Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.8m/6.1km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.8m/2.9km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.7m/6.0km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.7m/6.0km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1760 
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 3.8m/6.2km  22 Feb 1963
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.0m/4.8km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 4.5m/7.3km  
Mary Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 1.4m/2.3km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
New Pit Longbenton 4.4m/7.1km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km Bef. 1769 
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km  
North Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 3.3m/5.3km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.3m/3.8km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 1.8m/3.0km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 1.0m/1.7km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 4.3m/7.0km  
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 5.0m/8.0km 1771 Oct 1966
Quarry Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km 1756 
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.9m/7.9km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.2m/6.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.6m/7.4km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 4.6m/7.4km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Robert Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 5.0m/8.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rush Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.5m/5.6km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km c. 1856 1880s
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.1km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 1.2m/2.0km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 2.0m/3.2km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.0m/4.8km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 5.0m/8.0km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 0.8m/1.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 1.8m/3.0km  
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1756 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 3.5m/5.6km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 2.7m/4.4km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 3.2m/5.2km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 3.6m/5.9km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.0m/6.4km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Tilley Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.6m/5.8km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 4.0m/6.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.8m/7.8km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 4.0m/6.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.0m/4.8km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 4.0m/6.5km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.0m/4.9km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 5.0m/8.0km  
Venture Pit Felling 4.3m/7.0km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
View Pit Scotswood 1.4m/2.3km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 2.4m/3.9km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.0m/4.9km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 1.0m/1.7km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
Whin Pit Thockley 4.6m/7.5km  
White House Quarry Springwell 4.5m/7.2km  
William Pit Benwell 0.6m/1.0km  
William Pit Felling 3.9m/6.3km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 4.7m/7.6km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.4m/3.9km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 5.0m/8.0km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 1.8m/3.0km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.6m/2.6km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  

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