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  Derwent Colliery  Index  Derwent Colliery  
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Derwent Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 12300 54800

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Derwent Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Derwent Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.2m/3.6km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 0.5m/0.8km  
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.3m/7.0km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 2.6m/4.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 1.6m/2.6km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.7m/6.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.0m/4.9km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 4.7m/7.6km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.5m/5.6km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.9m/6.3km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.9m/6.3km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Billingside Drift Leadgate 1.0m/1.6km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  
Bog Pit Pontop 2.3m/3.8km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 2.8m/4.5km  
Brack Pit Kyo 2.7m/4.4km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 1.9m/3.1km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 1.2m/2.0km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 1.8m/3.0km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Broom Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  
Broom Pit Collierly 2.8m/4.6km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 5.0m/8.0km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.1m/5.1km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 2.5m/4.1km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.2km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 0.9m/1.5km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 1.6m/2.6km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.5km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.2m/6.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 2.3m/3.8km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 1.3m/2.1km  Jul 1980
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 5.0m/8.0km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.4km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 2.8m/4.6km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 2.9m/4.7km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Cote Quarry  1.1m/1.9km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 2.1m/3.4km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  3.3m/5.3km  
Drift  3.1m/5.1km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Dummys Pit  1.1m/1.8km bef. 1790 
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.6m/7.5km  
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 2.5m/4.0km  
East Drift Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.7m/4.4km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  bef. 1922
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 1.1m/1.9km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 2.3m/3.8km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 2.2m/3.6km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 1.8m/2.9km 1844 18 July 1980
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 1.5m/2.4km 1836 
Esther Pit Tanfield 2.2m/3.6km  
Fallow Pit  3.8m/6.1km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Fell Coking Plant Consett 3.5m/5.6km Mar 1924 
Fell Drift Prudhoe 4.0m/6.4km  07 Nov 1958
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  May 1963
First Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km  1854
Gin Pit Medomsley 1.1m/1.8km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 4.6m/7.4km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  3.7m/6.0km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 1.1m/1.8km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 3.0m/4.8km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km 1839 
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 1.2m/2.0km  
Healeyfield (Lead Ore) Castleside 4.9m/7.9km  1892
Healeyfield Smelting Mill (Lead Ore) Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Healeyfield Vein Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 4.6m/7.4km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  4.2m/6.8km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.1m/6.6km  26 May 1951
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.5m/7.2km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 3.6m/5.9km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 3.6m/5.9km  
Hive Pit Pontop 1.8m/3.0km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.1m/5.1km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km  
Hown's Quarry Rowley 4.0m/6.5km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km  
Hutton Seam Drift  0.8m/1.4km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 0.8m/1.4km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 2.7m/4.4km 1839 1892
John Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
John Shaft  1.1m/1.9km  
King Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  25 Nov 1966
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 4.1m/6.7km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.1m/6.6km bef. 1790 
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 2.8m/4.6km  
Law Pit Lanchester 2.3m/3.7km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 2.3m/3.8km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.3m/3.7km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km  1927
Loud Pit Pontop 2.6m/4.3km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.5m/7.2km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 1.5m/2.4km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 1.5m/2.4km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 0.5m/0.8km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.5km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 1.4m/2.3km 1867 Jul 1980
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 0.9m/1.5km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 0.8m/1.4km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.8m/7.7km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 4.9m/7.9km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Moor Pit Pontop 2.7m/4.4km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  5.0m/8.0km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 4.8m/7.7km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 2.6m/4.2km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 1.9m/3.1km  
Oxhill Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 3.7m/6.0km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.1m/6.6km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km 1802 1940
Pike Pit Pontop 1.8m/3.0km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 2.7m/4.4km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 1.6m/2.7km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 2.5m/4.1km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 1.5m/2.4km  1938
Prosperous Pit Collierly 2.5m/4.1km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km  05 Oct 1973
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1952 Aug 1955
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 2.8m/4.6km 1847 Sep 1913
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.3m/3.8km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 1.6m/2.7km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.2m/5.2km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Spring Pits Pontop 1.5m/2.4km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.8m/7.8km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.0m/4.9km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 2.8m/4.6km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 1.9m/3.1km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 2.6m/4.3km  
Success Pit Ditpon 1.5m/2.4km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 1.9m/3.1km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.0m/6.5km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 3.0m/4.8km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 1.5m/2.4km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.7km  
Tilley Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 1.3m/2.2km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.2km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 4.9m/7.9km  
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  05 Oct 1973
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 2.3m/3.8km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 2.8m/4.6km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 2.8m/4.6km 1847 Sep 1913
Water Level Drift East Castle 2.6m/4.2km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km  
West Drift Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 2.8m/4.5km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 2.0m/3.3km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  3.6m/5.8km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 1.5m/2.4km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 1.0m/1.6km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  10 Dec 1934
Westwood Colliery Whickham 1.3m/2.1km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 1.1m/1.9km  1941
Whinny Hill Quarry Consett 3.9m/6.3km  
Whittonstall Colliery  3.8m/6.1km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 2.6m/4.3km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 3.0m/4.8km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 3.8m/6.2km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 1.5m/2.4km  1938
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 0.6m/1.0km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.3m/5.4km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 3.6m/5.9km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km  

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