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Dunston Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22891 62576

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Dunston Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Dunston Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 2.9m/4.7km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.3km  
Ada Pit Heworth 3.6m/5.9km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.6m/5.8km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Newbiggin 4.8m/7.7km 1769 
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 4.1m/6.6km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 5.0m/8.0km 1798 
Aubone Pit Benwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.3m/3.8km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 1.6m/2.6km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.3m/3.8km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 1.6m/2.7km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.8m/3.0km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.5m/7.3km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.2m/6.8km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.2m/6.8km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 0.6m/1.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 1.0m/1.7km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 0.5m/0.8km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 1.0m/1.6km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.2m/2.0km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 1.0m/1.7km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.6m/5.8km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.8km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.5m/7.3km  1968
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.8m/6.1km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.2m/6.8km 1862 1932
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.5m/7.3km  
Billet Pit Elswick 0.4m/0.7km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.3m/5.3km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.9m/4.7km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.5m/4.0km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.8m/6.1km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.5m/5.7km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.5m/7.3km  
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.1m/6.7km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 2.6m/4.2km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.4m/3.9km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.0km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 1.3m/2.1km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1765 
Church Quarry Heworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.8m/4.6km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Content Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.5km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/7.0km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.3m/5.4km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 1.3m/2.1km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 1.3m/2.2km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.9m/4.7km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.6km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 0.6m/1.0km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.2km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km 1740? 
East Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 5.0m/8.0km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.2km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 1.4m/2.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.5m/5.6km  
Edward Pit Benwell 1.8m/2.9km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 1.0m/1.7km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.8m/1.3km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.8m/1.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.0m/1.6km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 4.0m/6.4km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.6m/5.9km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.6m/5.8km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 0.7m/1.2km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.8m/7.7km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.8m/4.5km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.8km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.6m/7.5km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.0m/4.8km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  1854
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.2m/3.6km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
George Pit Low Fell 2.4m/3.9km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1828 
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 4.0m/6.4km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.6m/7.5km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 1.4m/2.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 3.5m/5.7km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.6m/5.9km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 3.5m/5.7km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.0m/6.4km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 3.1m/5.1km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.3km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.5km  
John Pit Felling 2.8m/4.5km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.6m/5.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.0m/4.8km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
King Pit Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.6m/5.8km  
Lady Pit Dunston 0.5m/0.8km  
Lady Pit Fenham 2.5m/4.0km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.9m/4.7km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.4m/5.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 3.5m/5.7km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.4m/5.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.0m/6.5km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 0.8m/1.4km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.5km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.0m/1.7km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 2.5m/4.1km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
New Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.6m/5.8km Bef. 1769 
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.4m/5.5km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.5m/2.5km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.3m/3.7km  
North Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.5m/7.3km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 0.6m/1.1km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 1.0m/1.7km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 0.5m/0.8km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 2.0m/3.3km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 0.5m/0.8km 1819 1848
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1828 
Quarry Pit Springwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.9m/7.9km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.4km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 1.0m/1.6km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.5m/5.6km Bef. 1769 
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.3m/3.7km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km c. 1856 1880s
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 1.8m/3.0km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.1m/6.7km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.1m/6.7km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.6m/5.8km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.1m/6.7km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.6m/5.8km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 1.4m/2.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 0.5m/0.8km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.1m/3.5km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 4.0m/6.5km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.5m/7.3km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.0m/4.8km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.1m/6.7km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 0.8m/1.3km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 1.0m/1.7km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 1.0m/1.6km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 4.8m/7.8km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.4m/7.1km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/7.0km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.6m/5.8km  
Vale Pit Springwell 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 3.1m/5.1km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  
View Pit Scotswood 2.5m/4.1km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1828 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.7km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 1.6m/2.6km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/7.0km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 0.5m/0.8km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km  1924
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.7m/2.8km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 1.7m/2.8km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.1m/5.1km  
William Pit Benwell 0.7m/1.2km  
William Pit Felling 2.6m/4.2km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 3.4m/5.5km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.5m/4.1km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.6m/5.8km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.1m/3.5km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 0.5m/0.9km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km  1924

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