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Elswick Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23062 64239

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elswick Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Elswick Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 1.9m/3.1km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Ada Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 1.1m/1.9km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.6m/7.5km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.9m/6.3km 1769 
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.8m/6.1km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.2m/6.8km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.2m/3.6km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 2.7m/4.4km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.1km  
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.9m/7.9km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.9m/7.9km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 3.6m/5.8km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 1.6m/2.6km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 1.0m/1.6km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 0.5m/0.9km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.6m/2.6km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 1.0m/1.6km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.8m/6.2km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 3.8m/6.2km  1968
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.9m/6.3km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 0.7m/1.2km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.3m/7.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.0m/3.2km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.1m/6.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.9m/6.3km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 3.0m/4.8km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 2.5m/4.1km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.8m/7.7km  
Caroline Pit Scotswood 1.9m/3.1km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.7m/4.4km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 1.2m/2.0km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1765 
Church Quarry Heworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.6m/5.8km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km  
Content Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.1m/6.6km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cross Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.5m/5.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 1.3m/2.1km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 1.3m/2.1km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.5m/4.0km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.9m/3.1km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 1.4m/2.3km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.2m/6.8km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 3.3m/5.3km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 4.0m/6.4km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 1.0m/1.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 1.0m/1.7km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 3.1m/5.1km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 1.9m/3.1km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.9km  
Edward Pit Benwell 1.1m/1.9km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.3m/0.5km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.3m/0.5km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 0.5m/0.8km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 3.0m/4.8km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.5m/5.7km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 1.6m/2.7km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 3.7m/6.0km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 3.0m/4.8km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 3.0m/4.8km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.7m/7.6km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.9m/7.9km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.8m/7.8km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 2.4m/3.9km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.6m/4.2km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  1854
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.1m/5.1km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
George Pit Low Fell 3.2m/5.2km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 3.0m/4.8km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Green Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 4.8m/7.7km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 4.7m/7.6km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 3.7m/6.0km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 1.9m/3.1km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.0m/6.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.2km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 5.0m/8.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Holly Hill Pit Felling 3.3m/5.3km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.2m/5.2km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
John Pit Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 1.9m/3.1km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 5.0m/8.0km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 4.1m/6.7km  
Lady Pit Dunston 1.4m/2.3km  
Lady Pit Fenham 1.6m/2.7km  
Lady Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.5m/4.0km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1760 
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 4.5m/7.2km  22 Feb 1963
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.3m/7.0km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 1.8m/3.0km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 1.9m/3.1km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
New Pit Longbenton 3.1m/5.1km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.5m/5.7km Bef. 1769 
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km 1700's 1815
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km  
North Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 3.8m/6.2km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 1.6m/2.7km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.0m/3.2km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 1.4m/2.3km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 0.5m/0.9km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 4.7m/7.6km  
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 4.6m/7.5km 1892 Apr 1964
Quarry Pit Springwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.3m/7.0km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 5.0m/8.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.2m/3.6km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km c. 1856 1880s
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.6m/4.2km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 0.8m/1.3km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.8m/7.7km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.8m/7.7km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.5m/5.7km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.3m/6.9km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.1m/6.7km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 1.9m/3.1km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.6m/5.9km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.0m/6.4km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.8m/7.7km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.9m/7.9km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.0m/6.5km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.3m/6.9km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 1.6m/2.7km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.0m/6.4km  
Venture Pit Felling 3.1m/5.1km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  
View Pit Scotswood 1.9m/3.1km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Walker Colliery Walker 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1765 1920
Wardle Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.8km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 2.6m/4.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 0.5m/0.9km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1829 
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.6m/5.8km  
William Pit Benwell 0.8m/1.4km  
William Pit Felling 2.8m/4.6km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.8m/4.5km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.4km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.4km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.9m/4.7km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.5m/4.1km  1924

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