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East Drift
OS Grid Ref: NZ 12100 58800
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from East Drift are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.
| Colliery | Location | Distance | Opened | Closed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Pit | Garesfield | 1.1m/1.9km | 1837 | ||
| A Pit | Greenside | 2.1m/3.5km | |||
| Addison Colliery | Ryton | 4.5m/7.2km | 1865 | 22 Feb 1963 | |
| Allendale Drift | Ebchester | 2.1m/3.4km | |||
| Andrew Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Ann Pit | Wylam | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Anne Pit | nr. Burnopfield | 3.0m/4.9km | 1855 | Mar 1929 | |
| Annie Pit | nr. Dipton | 3.8m/6.2km | 1864 | Jul 1980 | |
| Ash Tree Colliery | Winlaton | 2.0m/3.3km | 1798 | ||
| Ashtree Drift | Blaydon | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Ashtree Pit | Blaydon | 1.7m/2.8km | bef. 1857 | ||
| Axwell Colliery | Swalwell | 4.6m/7.5km | 1878 | 31 Dec 1887 | |
| B Pit | Greenside | 2.4m/3.9km | |||
| Bagnall Colliery | Swalwell | 4.6m/7.5km | 1878 | 31 Dec 1887 | |
| Bankside Pit | Chopwell | 0.7m/1.2km | bef. 1862 | ||
| Bantling Castle Colliery | Annfield Plain | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Barcus Close Colliery | nr. Burnopfield | 3.1m/5.0km | Apr 1966 | ||
| Barlow Fell Drift | Barlow | 2.8m/4.5km | Oct 1961 | ||
| Barlow Towneley Drift | Barlow | 2.8m/4.5km | Oct 1961 | ||
| Barlowfell Quarry | High Spen | 2.2m/3.6km | |||
| Barlowfield Drift | Rowlands Gill | 2.8m/4.6km | |||
| Beaumont Drift | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.6m/4.2km | |||
| Bessie Pit | Blaydon Burn | 3.8m/6.1km | 1850s | 03 Nov 1956 | |
| Betsey Pit | Winlaton | 3.8m/6.1km | |||
| Betty Pit | Chopwell | 1.6m/2.7km | |||
| Bewes Hill Quarry | Ryton | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Billingside Drift | Leadgate | 3.5m/5.6km | Jan 1879 | ||
| Blackhill Colliery | Blackhill | 4.6m/7.4km | bef. 1866 | Aug 1910 | |
| Blaydon Brickworks | Blaydon | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Blaydon Burn Colliery | Blaydon Burn | 3.5m/5.7km | 1850s | 03 Nov 1956 | |
| Blaydon Main Colliery | Blaydon | 5.0m/8.0km | bef. 1828 | Mar 1921 | |
| Blaydon Quarry | Blaydon | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Bog Pit | Stella | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Bog Pit | Pontop | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Brack Pit | Kyo | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Bradley Colliery | Leadgate | 4.4m/7.1km | bef. 1875? | ||
| Bradley Drift | Leadgate | 3.7m/6.0km | 1963 | 25 Sep 1966 | |
| Brass Thill Drift | nr. Tantobie | 3.3m/5.3km | 1874 | Mar 1929 | |
| Broadoak Quarry | Consett | 1.9m/3.1km | |||
| Brockwell Drift | Chopwell | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Broom Pit | Collierly | 4.4m/7.1km | |||
| Bryan's Leap Colliery | Rowlands Gill | 2.8m/4.6km | 1950 | ||
| Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry | Ryton | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Burnopfield Colliery | Burnopfield | 3.6m/5.8km | 1742 | 09 Aug 1968 | |
| Bush Blades Colliery | Collierly | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Busty Drift | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.5m/4.0km | |||
| Busty Pit | Medomsley | 3.2m/5.2km | 06 Oct 1972 | ||
| Busty Seam Drift | Medomsley | 3.8m/6.1km | |||
| Bute Pit | Garesfield | 1.2m/2.0km | 11 Sep 1869 | ||
| Byermoor Colliery | Byermoor | 4.2m/6.8km | 1860 | 02 Feb 1968 | |
| Bywell Bridge Quarry | Merryshields | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Carr House Pit | nr. Consett | 4.8m/7.8km | 1870 | 09 Nov 1963 | |
| Charlie Pit | Medomsley | 2.5m/4.0km | 1889 | 21 Nov 1964 | |
| Chopwell Colliery | Chopwell | 0.4m/0.7km | 1781 | 25 Nov 1966 | |
| Chopwell Mill Staple | Chopwell | 0.6m/1.0km | |||
| Chopwell North Terrace Drift A | Chopwell | 0.3m/0.5km | 1920 | ||
| Chopwell North Terrace Drift B | Chopwell | 0.3m/0.6km | 1924 | ||
| Clara Vale Colliery | Clara Vale | 3.9m/6.3km | Jul 1893 | 05 Feb 1966 | |
| Clinty Drift | Garesfield | 0.9m/1.5km | |||
| Clockburn Drift | Winlaton Mill | 4.1m/6.6km | 1952 | Mar 1983 | |
| Conclusion Pit | Chopwell | 0.3m/0.5km | 1799 | 25 Nov 1966 | |
| Conquest Pit | Tantobie | 4.0m/6.4km | Oct 1948 | ||
| Consett Colliery | Blackhill | 4.6m/7.4km | bef. 1866 | Aug 1910 | |
| Content Pit | Blaydon | 4.4m/7.1km | Mar 1921 | ||
| Coronation Drift | Blaydon | 1.3m/2.2km | |||
| Coronation Drift | nr. Dipton | 3.5m/5.6km | Jul 1980 | ||
| Cowen's Pit | Blaydon Burn | 3.5m/5.7km | 1872 | 03 Nov 1956 | |
| Crawcrook Quarry | Crawcrook | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Crawford's Elizabeth Pit | Crawcrook | 2.5m/4.1km | 1796 | ||
| Crookbank Colliery | Burnopfield | 4.2m/6.8km | bef. 1847 | ||
| D Pit | Medomsley | 2.5m/4.0km | 1889 | 21 Nov 1964 | |
| Derwent Colliery | Medomsley | 2.5m/4.0km | 1856 | 21 Nov 1964 | |
| Derwent Cote Quarry | 1.5m/2.5km | ||||
| Derwenthaugh Coking Plant | Blaydon-on-Tyne | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Dipton Colliery | Dipton | 3.9m/6.3km | Apr 1855 | Nov 1940 | |
| Duke Pit | Chopwell | 0.6m/1.0km | |||
| Dummys Pit | 1.3m/2.2km | bef. 1790 | |||
| Earl Pit | Chopwell | 0.1m/0.3km | bef. 1857 | ||
| East Castle Colliery | Annfield Plain | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| East Pontop Colliery | Annfield Plain | 4.6m/7.4km | 1930 | ||
| East Shaft | Chopwell | 0.8m/1.4km | bef. 1922 | ||
| Ebchester Main Colliery | Ebchester | 1.8m/2.9km | |||
| Ebchester Opencast | Ebchester | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Eden - Main Coal Drift | Leadgate | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Eden Colliery | Leadgate | 4.2m/6.8km | 1844 | 18 July 1980 | |
| Edgewell Colliery | Near Prudhoe | 2.9m/4.7km | |||
| Edward Pit | Winlaton | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Elliot Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Elm Park Drift | Medomsley | 3.6m/5.9km | 1836 | ||
| Eltringham Colliery | Prudhoe | 3.5m/5.7km | |||
| Emma Colliery | Ryton | 3.4m/5.5km | 1845 | 19 Apr 1968 | |
| Endeavour Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Engine Bank Pit | Throckley | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Engine Bank Pit | Heddon | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Esther Pit | Tanfield | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Fallow Pit | 1.3m/2.2km | bef. 1857 | |||
| Fell Drift | Prudhoe | 2.0m/3.3km | 07 Nov 1958 | ||
| Fence Pit | Throckley | 4.9m/7.9km | |||
| Fence Pit | Heddon | 4.9m/7.9km | |||
| First Pit | Winlaton | 2.8m/4.5km | 1801 | ||
| Five-Quarter Drift | Chopwell | 1.0m/1.6km | |||
| Folly Quarry (Sand) | Ryton, Greenside | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Fortune Pit | Chopwell | 0.2m/0.4km | |||
| Freehold Pit | Blaydon | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Friarside Colliery | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.4m/3.9km | 1865 | Feb 1960 | |
| Furnace Pit | Chopwell | 0.5m/0.8km | |||
| Garesfield Colliery | Garesfield | 1.2m/2.0km | 1800 | 29 Jan 1960 | |
| Garesfield Colliery | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.5m/4.1km | 1854 | ||
| Gee Pit | Throckley | 4.9m/7.9km | |||
| Gin Pit | Medomsley | 3.5m/5.7km | |||
| Gray Mare Hill Drift | Riding Mill | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Greenside Colliery | Greenside | 2.1m/3.5km | 23 Jul 1966 | ||
| Greymare Hill Colliery | 4.5m/7.2km | ||||
| Grooves Pit | 1.2m/2.0km | bef. 1790 | |||
| Hamsterley Colliery | Hamsterley | 1.4m/2.3km | 1864 | 02 Feb 1968 | |
| Hassockfield Quarry | Shotley Bridge | 3.3m/5.4km | |||
| Haugh Pit | Wylam | 3.5m/5.6km | |||
| Hazard Pit | Blaydon | 4.7m/7.6km | Mar 1921 | ||
| Heavygate Pit | Chopwell | 0.5m/0.9km | |||
| Heddon Colliery | Wylam-on-Tyne | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Hedge Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Hedley Colliery [NBL] | 3.1m/5.0km | ||||
| Hedley Park Colliery | nr. Prudhoe | 2.4m/3.9km | 26 May 1951 | ||
| High Marley Hill Drift | Byermoor | 4.4m/7.1km | 1948 | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Highfield Drift | Whittonstall | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Highfield East Drift | Whittonstall | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Hive Pit | Pontop | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Hobson Pit | Burnopfield | 3.6m/5.8km | 1742 | 09 Aug 1968 | |
| Hookergate Drift | Victoria Garesfield | 1.5m/2.5km | |||
| Humble Pit | Throckley | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Humble Pit | Heddon | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Hunter Pit | Medomsley | 2.5m/4.0km | 1889 | 21 Nov 1964 | |
| Hutton Drift | Chopwell | 0.5m/0.8km | |||
| Hutton Seam Drift | 3.3m/5.4km | ||||
| Isabella Pit | Medomsley | 3.3m/5.3km | 1898 | 06 Oct 1972 | |
| James Pit | Prudhoe | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Jenny Pit | Throckley | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Jenny Pit | Heddon | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| John Pit | Chopwell | 0.5m/0.9km | |||
| John Pit | West Wylam | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| John Shaft | 1.3m/2.2km | ||||
| Kepier Pit | Crawcrook | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| King Pit | Throckley | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| King Pit | Chopwell | 0.4m/0.7km | 25 Nov 1966 | ||
| King Pit | Heddon | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Kyo Wood Pit | 1.6m/2.6km | bef. 1790 | |||
| Law Pit | Lanchester | 4.1m/6.7km | 1800 | ||
| Lee Pit | Chopwell | 0.6m/1.0km | |||
| Lilley Brickworks | Rowlands Gill | 2.9m/4.7km | |||
| Lilley Drift | Rowlands Gill | 2.9m/4.7km | 1877 | 06 Jan 1957 | |
| Lily Colliery | Dipton | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Lintz Colliery | nr. Burnopfield | 2.8m/4.5km | 1855 | Mar 1929 | |
| Loud Pit | Pontop | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Low Hutton Drift | Pontop | 3.2m/5.2km | |||
| Main Coal Drift | nr. Dipton | 3.2m/5.2km | Jul 1980 | ||
| Main Drift | Ebchester | 2.1m/3.4km | |||
| Margaret Pit | Wylam-on-Tyne | 4.6m/7.4km | |||
| Margaret Pit | Tanfield Lea | 5.0m/8.0km | 1903 | 25 Aug 1962 | |
| Margery Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Maria Pit | Chopwell | 0.4m/0.7km | 25 Nov 1966 | ||
| Mary Pit | Blaydon Burn | 3.3m/5.3km | 1850s | 28 Mar 1953 | |
| Mary Pit | Heddon | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Mary Pit | nr. Dipton | 3.5m/5.6km | 1867 | Jul 1980 | |
| Mary Pit | Throckley | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Medomsley Colliery | Medomsley | 3.2m/5.2km | 1839 | 06 Oct 1972 | |
| Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery | Medomsley | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Merryshields Quarry | Corbridge | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Mickley Bank Colliery | nr. Prudhoe | 3.2m/5.2km | |||
| Mickley Colliery | Stocksfield | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Mickley Grange Colliery | Stocksfield | 3.4m/5.5km | 09 Feb 1932 | ||
| Milkwellburn Colliery | Chopwell | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Milner Pit | Blaydon | 4.5m/7.3km | Mar 1921 | ||
| Moor Pit | Pontop | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Mount Pit | Tantobie | 3.9m/6.3km | Oct 1948 | ||
| Mount Pleasant Colliery | Blackhill | 4.6m/7.4km | bef. 1866 | Aug 1910 | |
| Mountsett Quarry | Tantobie | 3.5m/5.7km | |||
| Nanny Pit | Chopwell | 0.3m/0.5km | |||
| North Lintz Colliery | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.4m/3.9km | 1865 | Feb 1960 | |
| North Pit | Pontop | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| North Wylam | Wylam | 3.8m/6.1km | 1892 | ||
| Ottovale Coking Plant | Blaydon | 4.1m/6.7km | Aug 1958 | ||
| Peggy Pit | Wylam | 3.5m/5.6km | |||
| Pennyhill Pit | Chopwell | 1.0m/1.6km | 1802 | 1940 | |
| Phoenix Drift | nr. Greenside | 2.6m/4.3km | Aug 1964 | ||
| Pike Pit | Pontop | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Ploughsett Opencast | Lofthouse | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Pontop Hall Colliery | nr. Dipton | 3.8m/6.1km | 1861 | Jul 1980 | |
| Pontop Pea Pit | Dipton | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Pontop Pike Colliery | Ditpon | 4.0m/6.4km | 1938 | ||
| Primrose Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Prosperous Pit | Collierly | 4.0m/6.5km | |||
| Prosperous Pit | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Prudhoe Colliery | Prudhoe | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Prudhoe Main Colliery | West Wylam | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Richard Pit | Throckley | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Richard Pit | Heddon-on-the-Wall | 4.7m/7.6km | 1764 | ||
| Richard Pit | Heddon | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Rickless Travelling Drift | Blaydon | 1.6m/2.6km | |||
| Ringing Pit | Ebchester | 2.6m/4.2km | |||
| Ruler 'M' Drift | Garesfield | 0.9m/1.5km | |||
| Shield Row Coronation Drift | Sacriston | 1.3m/2.2km | |||
| Snipes Dene Pit | Rowlands Gill | 3.8m/6.1km | |||
| South Garesfield Colliery | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.4m/3.9km | 1865 | Feb 1960 | |
| South Medomsley Colliery | nr. Dipton | 3.8m/6.1km | 1861 | Jul 1980 | |
| Speculation Drift | Blaydon | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Speculation Pit | Blaydon | 4.9m/7.9km | Mar 1921 | ||
| Spring Pits | Pontop | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Stanley Burn Drift | Prudhoe | 2.3m/3.8km | 1950 | Feb 1965 | |
| Staple Pit | Ditpon | 4.8m/7.8km | 1821 | 1938 | |
| Stargate Colliery | Stargate | 3.7m/6.0km | 1803 | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Straightneck Pit | Hamsterley | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Stubble Pit | Tanfield | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Success Pit | Ditpon | 4.0m/6.4km | 1938 | ||
| Surtees (No. 2) Pit | Dipton | 3.3m/5.4km | Nov 1940 | ||
| Tanfield Lea Colliery | Tanfield Lea | 5.0m/8.0km | 1829 | 25 Aug 1962 | |
| Tanfield Moor Colliery | Tantobie | 4.0m/6.5km | 1768 | Oct 1948 | |
| Taylor Pit | Chopwell | 0.4m/0.7km | 1798 | 25 Nov 1966 | |
| Thistle Pit | Throckley | 5.0m/8.0km | 1756 | ||
| Three Quarter Seam Drift | Medomsley | 3.6m/5.9km | |||
| Three-Quarter Drift | Chopwell | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery | Throckley | 4.8m/7.7km | 1869 | 29 Jan 1954 | |
| Tilley Drift | Garesfield | 1.3m/2.1km | |||
| Tilley Pit | 1.2m/2.0km | ||||
| Tin Mill Colliery | Blackhill | 4.7m/7.6km | bef. 1866 | Aug 1910 | |
| Tongue Burns Drift | Blackhall Mill | 1.1m/1.8km | |||
| Towneley Colliery | Ryton | 3.4m/5.5km | 1843 | 19 Apr 1968 | |
| Towneley Drift | Garesfield | 1.3m/2.1km | |||
| Towneley Drift | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.5m/4.1km | |||
| Towneley Emma Colliery | Ryton | 3.4m/5.5km | 1843 | 19 Apr 1968 | |
| Towneley Main Colliery | Stargate | 3.7m/6.0km | 1803 | 29 Jun 1963 | |
| Townley Main Colliery | Ryton | 3.4m/5.5km | 1843 | 19 Apr 1968 | |
| Victoria Drift | Blaydon | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Victoria Garesfield Colliery | Victoria Garesfield | 1.5m/2.5km | 1870 | 13 Jul 1962 | |
| Water Level Drift | East Castle | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Water Level Drift | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.3m/3.8km | |||
| West Drift | Chopwell | 2.1m/3.4km | 1960 | ||
| West Engine Pit | Heddon | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| West Lintz Drift | nr. Tantobie | 3.3m/5.3km | 1874 | Mar 1929 | |
| West Pit House Shaft | 1.1m/1.8km | ||||
| West Pontop Colliery | Ditpon | 4.0m/6.4km | 1938 | ||
| West Quarry | Ebchester | 2.2m/3.6km | |||
| West Wylam Brickworks | West Wylam | 3.2m/5.2km | |||
| West Wylam Colliery | West Wylam | 3.2m/5.2km | 1961 | ||
| Westwood Colliery | Whickham | 1.3m/2.2km | |||
| Westwood Colliery | Ebchester | 1.5m/2.4km | 1941 | ||
| Whittonstall Colliery | 3.5m/5.7km | ||||
| Whittonstall Drift | Whittonstall | 2.3m/3.7km | 1907 | 25 Nov 1966 | |
| William Pit | Medomsley | 2.6m/4.2km | 1856 | 21 Nov 1964 | |
| Willie Pit | Tantobie | 4.0m/6.5km | 1762 | Oct 1948 | |
| Wind Pit | Tanfield Lea | 5.0m/8.0km | 25 Aug 1962 | ||
| Windsor (North) Pit | Ditpon | 4.0m/6.4km | 1938 | ||
| Windyhill Quarry | High Spen | 4.6m/7.5km | |||
| Wood Head Quarry | Hamsterley | 2.2m/3.6km | |||
| Woodhouse Quarry | High Spen | 4.8m/7.8km | |||
| Wylam Colliery | Wylam | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Yew Tree Drift | nr. Rowlands Gill | 2.3m/3.8km |
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