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Fell Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 09200 60400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fell Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Fell Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.0m/4.8km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Ann Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.6m/5.9km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 3.3m/5.3km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.6m/7.4km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.6m/7.4km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.7m/6.0km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 3.2m/5.2km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 3.3m/5.3km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 5.0m/8.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 5.0m/8.0km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 5.0m/8.0km  
Billingside Drift Leadgate 4.8m/7.8km  Jan 1879
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.7m/7.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  
Bog Pit Stella 5.0m/8.0km  
Bradley Drift Leadgate 5.0m/8.0km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Broadoak Quarry Consett 2.3m/3.8km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.0m/6.5km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.4m/7.1km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 4.6m/7.5km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 2.2m/3.6km  
Charlie Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 2.2m/3.6km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 3.8m/6.1km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Coronation Drift Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.7m/7.6km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 3.0m/4.9km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.8m/4.5km 1796 
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 4.7m/7.6km  
D Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  3.5m/5.6km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  
Dummys Pit  2.8m/4.6km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
East Shaft Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 2.8m/4.6km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 1.8m/2.9km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 1.1m/1.9km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 4.6m/7.5km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 1.6m/2.7km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 4.7m/7.6km  
Fallow Pit  2.3m/3.8km bef. 1857 
Fence Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Fence Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.5m/7.3km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.0m/6.4km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.2km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.7m/7.6km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 3.8m/6.2km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.0m/4.9km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 4.3m/7.0km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  2.8m/4.5km  
Grooves Pit  1.4m/2.3km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 2.8m/4.6km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 4.3m/6.9km  
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  1.4m/2.3km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 0.4m/0.7km  26 May 1951
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 2.8m/4.6km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 2.8m/4.6km  
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 3.5m/5.7km  
Horsley Pit Spital 3.8m/6.2km  
Humble Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Humble Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Hutton Seam Drift  4.8m/7.8km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 4.5m/7.3km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 2.1m/3.5km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.7km  
John Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  
John Pit West Wylam 2.1m/3.5km  
John Shaft  3.2m/5.2km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 3.5m/5.6km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 4.7m/7.6km  
King Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
King Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.5km  
Kyo Wood Pit  1.8m/2.9km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.8m/7.8km 1855 Mar 1929
Main Drift Ebchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km  
Margery Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.5m/7.3km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.7km  
Mary Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.4m/7.1km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.2m/6.8km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 1.8m/3.0km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 1.3m/2.1km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 1.6m/2.7km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 1.5m/2.4km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 4.2m/6.8km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km 1865 Feb 1960
North Wylam Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  1892
Peggy Pit Wylam 2.7m/4.4km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.1m/5.1km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 2.0m/3.3km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 2.1m/3.5km  
Richard Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 4.6m/7.4km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 4.6m/7.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 1.6m/2.7km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 3.4m/5.5km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km 1865 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.9m/3.1km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.6m/7.5km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 5.0m/8.0km  
Taylor Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km 1756 
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 4.6m/7.5km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.7m/4.4km  
Tilley Pit  2.9m/4.7km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 2.7m/4.4km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.0m/4.8km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.4km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.6m/7.5km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 4.6m/7.4km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.8km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  
West Drift Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.7km  
West Pit House Shaft  1.9m/3.1km  
West Quarry Ebchester 3.2m/5.2km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 2.1m/3.4km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 2.1m/3.4km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 2.6m/4.2km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 2.7m/4.4km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  2.5m/4.1km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 2.0m/3.2km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.5km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 4.0m/6.4km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fell Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Fell Drift

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