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  Eden - Main Coal Drift  Index  Eden - Main Coal Drift  
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Eden - Main Coal Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 14200 51700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eden - Main Coal Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Eden - Main Coal Drift

In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Eden - Main Coal Drift are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.0m/6.4km 1837 
Air Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 2.8m/4.6km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 3.4m/5.5km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.0m/4.8km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 0.8m/1.3km 1864 Jul 1980
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 0.2m/0.4km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.1m/6.7km  Apr 1966
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.4m/7.1km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km  22 Jul 1949
Billingside Drift Leadgate 1.4m/2.3km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Bog Pit Pontop 1.0m/1.6km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 1.1m/1.9km  
Brack Pit Kyo 1.5m/2.5km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 1.1m/1.8km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 1.6m/2.6km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 2.1m/3.4km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.0m/6.5km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Broom Pit Stanley 2.8m/4.6km  
Broom Pit Collierly 1.8m/2.9km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.9m/7.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.7km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.3m/5.4km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 1.9m/3.1km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km  
Busty Pit Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Medomsley 2.0m/3.3km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 2.4m/3.9km  
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 3.2m/5.2km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.3m/7.0km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 1.6m/2.7km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Centre Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km 1924 
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Colepike Drift Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 3.6m/5.9km 1868 Sep 1953
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 2.1m/3.4km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 1.0m/1.7km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 1.5m/2.4km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 2.0m/3.3km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.4m/7.1km  
D Pit Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 2.0m/3.3km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  3.0m/4.8km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.7m/7.6km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 1.2m/2.0km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  1.0m/1.7km  
Drift  0.9m/1.5km  
Dummys Pit  3.3m/5.4km bef. 1790 
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 2.6m/4.3km  
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1857 
East Bustfield Quarry  4.4m/7.1km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 0.5m/0.9km  
East Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.4m/7.1km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.8m/6.2km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.6m/7.4km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 0.6m/1.0km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km  
Edward Pit Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km 1836 
Esther Pit Tanfield 2.2m/3.6km  
Fan Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km  
Fell Coking Plant Consett 3.0m/4.8km Mar 1924 
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 2.5m/4.1km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 3.6m/5.9km 1868 Sep 1953
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km  22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Fox Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  
George Pit Craghead 4.6m/7.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gin Pit Medomsley 1.8m/2.9km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 1.0m/1.7km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 1.8m/2.9km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.3m/5.4km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 0.8m/1.3km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 2.4m/3.9km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 1.1m/1.9km 1839 
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 2.5m/4.0km  
Healeyfield (Lead Ore) Castleside 4.7m/7.6km  1892
Healeyfield Smelting Mill (Lead Ore) Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Healeyfield Vein Lanchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 3.1m/5.1km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.5m/7.3km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.2m/6.8km  
Hive Pit Pontop 0.4m/0.7km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.3m/5.4km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.3m/7.0km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.0m/6.4km  
Hown's Quarry Rowley 3.3m/5.3km  
Humber Hill Drift Consett 3.6m/5.8km  09 Nov 1963
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.0m/6.4km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.2km  
Hutton Seam Drift  1.3m/2.2km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 1.9m/3.1km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 0.9m/1.5km 1839 1892
John Shaft  3.1m/5.1km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
King Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  25 Nov 1966
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 2.6m/4.2km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 2.4m/3.9km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.8m/7.8km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 2.0m/3.3km  
Law Pit Lanchester 1.1m/1.9km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  Jan 1949
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 1.5m/2.4km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  1927
Loud Pit Pontop 0.8m/1.3km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 3.1m/5.0km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 1.5m/2.5km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 1.5m/2.5km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 3.3m/5.3km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.3km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Beamish 4.3m/6.9km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 1.1m/1.9km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 2.0m/3.3km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 2.3m/3.7km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Moor Pit Pontop 1.2m/2.0km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.5km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.1m/5.0km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.4m/3.9km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 2.5m/4.1km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
New Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 0.4m/0.7km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.3m/6.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Oxhill Pit Stanley 2.6m/4.3km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 1.5m/2.4km  
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 4.6m/7.5km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 2.6m/4.3km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  
Pike Pit Pontop 0.8m/1.3km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 2.4m/3.9km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 0.8m/1.4km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 1.5m/2.5km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 1.2m/2.0km  1938
Prosperous Pit Collierly 1.9m/3.1km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 2.4m/3.9km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 4.5m/7.2km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km  22 Jul 1949
Rippon's Outlet Quarry Satley 4.6m/7.4km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1952 Aug 1955
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 2.0m/3.2km 1847 Sep 1913
Second Pit Beamish 5.0m/8.0km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.0m/6.4km  
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.7km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 0.8m/1.4km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 2.4m/3.9km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 2.4m/3.9km  
Spring Pits Pontop 1.0m/1.6km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 1.5m/2.5km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 1.3m/2.1km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 2.3m/3.7km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 1.6m/2.7km  
Success Pit Ditpon 1.2m/2.0km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 1.8m/3.0km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 3.3m/5.3km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 2.5m/4.0km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.5m/5.7km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 2.4m/3.9km  05 Oct 1973
Victoria Colliery Rowley 4.3m/6.9km  24 Nov 1926
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 2.0m/3.3km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 2.0m/3.2km 1847 Sep 1913
Warren Drift Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  22 Jul 1949
Water Level Drift East Castle 0.4m/0.7km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  
West Drift Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 1.6m/2.6km  
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 2.1m/3.4km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 1.2m/2.0km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 3.1m/5.0km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 3.3m/5.3km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.6m/5.8km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.4m/5.5km  1941
Whinny Hill Quarry Consett 3.5m/5.6km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.8m/7.7km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Craghead 4.6m/7.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Medomsley 2.1m/3.5km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 2.5m/4.0km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 3.0m/4.8km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 1.2m/2.0km  1938
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 2.3m/3.7km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 1.3m/2.2km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 1.6m/2.7km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  

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