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Hamsterley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 11700 56500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hamsterley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Hamsterley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 1.6m/2.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.5m/5.7km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 0.6m/1.1km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 5.0m/8.0km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.1m/5.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 2.3m/3.8km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 3.8m/6.2km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.4m/5.5km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.4m/5.5km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.5m/5.7km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.5m/5.7km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.4km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 5.0m/8.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 5.0m/8.0km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Billingside Drift Leadgate 2.0m/3.3km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.7m/7.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  
Bog Pit Pontop 3.3m/5.3km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.8m/6.2km  
Brack Pit Kyo 3.6m/5.8km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 3.0m/4.8km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 2.3m/3.7km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 2.6m/4.2km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 1.1m/1.8km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 0.4m/0.7km  
Broom Pit Collierly 3.6m/5.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.2m/5.2km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.2m/6.8km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.5m/5.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 3.3m/5.3km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 1.8m/2.9km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.6m/7.4km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.3m/7.0km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 5.0m/8.0km  
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 3.4m/5.5km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 1.1m/1.8km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 1.2m/2.0km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.3m/3.7km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.9m/7.9km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 3.3m/5.4km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 2.3m/3.8km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.7m/7.6km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.5m/7.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.0m/6.4km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.3m/7.0km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 3.8m/6.2km 1830 09 Nov 1963
D Pit Medomsley 1.1m/1.8km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 3.9m/6.3km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 1.1m/1.8km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  1.0m/1.6km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 3.0m/4.8km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  4.4m/7.1km  
Drift  4.3m/6.9km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Dummys Pit  0.0m/0.1km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.7km  
East Drift Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km  bef. 1922
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.8m/7.8km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 0.5m/0.8km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 1.4m/2.3km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 3.3m/5.4km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 2.9m/4.7km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.0m/6.4km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.5m/7.3km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 4.8m/7.8km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 2.7m/4.4km  
Fallow Pit  2.8m/4.5km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Fell Coking Plant Consett 4.3m/7.0km Mar 1924 
Fell Drift Prudhoe 2.8m/4.6km  07 Nov 1958
First Pit Winlaton 3.7m/6.0km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.3m/6.9km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.8m/7.8km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.0km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  1854
Gin Pit Medomsley 2.1m/3.4km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 4.2m/6.8km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 5.0m/8.0km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.6m/5.8km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 4.7m/7.6km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  4.4m/7.1km  
Grooves Pit  2.6m/4.3km bef. 1790 
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.0m/6.5km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km 1839 
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 1.9m/3.1km  
Haugh Pit Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  3.3m/5.3km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.0m/4.9km  26 May 1951
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.6m/7.4km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 3.1m/5.1km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 3.1m/5.1km  
Hive Pit Pontop 2.9m/4.7km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.5m/5.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.0m/3.2km  
Hown's Quarry Rowley 4.9m/7.9km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 1.1m/1.8km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 1.3m/2.2km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  
Hutton Seam Drift  2.0m/3.2km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 1.8m/3.0km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 3.8m/6.2km 1839 1892
James Pit Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.2km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
John Shaft  0.7m/1.2km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 4.6m/7.4km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 4.9m/7.9km  
King Pit Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km  25 Nov 1966
Kyo Wood Pit  3.0m/4.9km bef. 1790 
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 3.8m/6.2km  
Law Pit Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 3.1m/5.1km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.5m/4.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  1927
Loud Pit Pontop 3.7m/6.0km  
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 2.3m/3.7km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 2.3m/3.7km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 0.6m/1.1km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.6m/7.4km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Margery Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.5m/7.2km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 2.3m/3.8km 1867 Jul 1980
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 1.8m/2.9km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 1.6m/2.6km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 4.5m/7.3km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.7m/6.0km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 4.5m/7.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 3.9m/6.3km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 0.4m/0.7km  
Moor Pit Pontop 3.7m/6.0km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 4.5m/7.2km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 3.4m/5.5km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.1m/5.0km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.0km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 3.0m/4.9km  
Oxhill Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.8m/7.7km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.8m/7.8km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.1m/6.6km  Aug 1964
Pike Pit Pontop 2.8m/4.6km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 3.2m/5.2km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 3.4m/5.5km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 2.5m/4.1km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 3.3m/5.3km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.8m/7.8km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 5.0m/8.0km  05 Oct 1973
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.0m/4.8km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 2.5m/4.0km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.3m/3.7km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 3.8m/6.2km 1847 Sep 1913
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 1.8m/2.9km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.0km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 4.8m/7.7km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 1.8m/3.0km  
Spring Pits Pontop 2.5m/4.0km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.8m/6.1km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.9m/6.3km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 3.9m/6.3km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 2.3m/3.8km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Success Pit Ditpon 2.5m/4.1km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 2.6m/4.2km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.6m/7.4km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 3.5m/5.7km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 0.6m/1.0km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.6m/4.3km  
Tilley Pit  2.4m/3.9km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 0.3m/0.6km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 4.8m/7.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 2.5m/4.0km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.2km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 4.8m/7.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 4.8m/7.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 4.6m/7.5km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 1.9m/3.1km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 3.8m/6.2km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 3.8m/6.2km 1847 Sep 1913
Water Level Drift East Castle 3.6m/5.9km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km  
West Drift Chopwell 1.8m/2.9km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 3.8m/6.2km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 2.6m/4.2km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  2.5m/4.1km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 2.5m/4.1km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 0.8m/1.4km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  10 Dec 1934
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.5m/7.3km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.5m/7.3km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 0.3m/0.5km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 0.1m/0.3km  1941
Whinny Hill Quarry Consett 4.6m/7.5km  
Whittonstall Colliery  3.1m/5.1km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 1.8m/3.0km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 1.1m/1.9km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 3.5m/5.7km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.5m/7.2km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 2.5m/4.1km  1938
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 1.1m/1.9km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.5m/7.2km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 4.8m/7.7km  09 Nov 1963
Wylam Colliery Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km  

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