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Eldon Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23900 28000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eldon Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Eldon Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 3.1m/5.1km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km 1830 1925
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.8km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 4.6m/7.5km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.5m/7.3km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.9km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.3m/6.9km  
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 4.1m/6.7km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.5m/5.6km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.5m/5.6km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.0m/4.9km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.8km 1872 Mar 1905
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.0m/6.4km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.0m/4.8km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 4.5m/7.2km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 1.3m/2.1km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 1.3m/2.1km  
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 4.1m/6.6km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.8km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.8m/7.8km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.4m/0.7km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.4m/0.7km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 0.1m/0.2km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 3.1m/5.1km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km  
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.5m/7.2km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
George Pit Etherley 3.5m/5.6km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1841 
Gurney Pit  0.1m/0.3km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 2.5m/4.0km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  Sep 1955
High Pit Ferryhill 3.5m/5.6km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 4.4m/7.1km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 1.1m/1.9km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.9m/6.3km  
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.1m/5.1km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 1.6m/2.7km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 1.6m/2.7km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km  1865
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 4.7m/7.6km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.8km 1872 Mar 1905
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 3.1m/5.0km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.5m/5.6km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 2.3m/3.7km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.1m/6.7km  1930's
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km  
North Pit  0.8m/1.3km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km 1835 Mar 1934
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.3m/3.8km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.6m/7.4km 1855 Jul 1931
Pasture Pit  0.9m/1.5km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.4m/7.1km  
Pickering Quarry  3.6m/5.9km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 1.5m/2.4km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1942 Oct 1959
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.5m/7.2km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 0.9m/1.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 1.1m/1.8km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 1.4m/2.3km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.6m/7.4km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  27 Aug 1938
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 4.4m/7.1km  Jul 1967
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.6m/7.4km 1840 1932
Tennants Pit Shildon 1.4m/2.3km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.5m/2.4km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.1m/6.7km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.7m/7.6km 1954 Feb 1965
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.2m/5.2km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 1.7m/2.8km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.1m/6.7km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.2m/6.8km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 4.6m/7.4km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.1m/5.1km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eldon Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Eldon Colliery

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