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Herrington Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 34100 53300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Herrington Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Herrington Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.2m/6.8km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.3m/7.0km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 2.6m/4.3km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.8m/7.8km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.5km  
Betty Pit  1.4m/2.3km  
Big Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 2.2m/3.6km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.0m/6.5km 1913 May 1932
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.0m/6.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 2.1m/3.4km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.3m/7.0km  
Building Hill Quarry Sunderland 4.0m/6.5km  
Butney Pit Washington 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carley Hill Quarry (Limestone) Sunderland 4.8m/7.7km  
Carmen Pit  3.1m/5.0km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 3.3m/5.4km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 3.4m/5.5km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Chance Pit Harraton 2.4m/3.9km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.0km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 2.0m/3.2km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 2.0m/3.2km 1680 
Clog Pit  1.6m/2.7km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 4.5m/7.3km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 2.3m/3.8km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.2km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 0.7m/1.2km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.3km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 0.7m/1.2km  1956
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 3.3m/5.3km  
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 4.8m/7.8km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 1.5m/2.4km  1956
Ellison's Shaft  2.3m/3.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Engine Pit  2.2m/3.6km  
Engine Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 3.3m/5.4km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 3.2m/5.2km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 2.1m/3.4km 1700's 
Field House Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.8m/2.9km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 4.8m/7.8km  
Ford Quarry Sunderland 2.7m/4.4km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Garden Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.5km  
George Pit Easington Lane 4.8m/7.8km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 3.8m/6.1km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gill Pit South Biddick 1.6m/2.7km  
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Glow O'er 'em Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Godspeed Pit  2.2m/3.6km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Greenwell Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 3.3m/5.3km  
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.8m/7.8km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  1.6m/2.7km  
Haugh Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 3.5m/5.7km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 2.2m/3.6km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 2.2m/3.6km  
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 1.8m/3.0km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.6m/2.7km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.5m/5.6km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 3.4m/5.5km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 2.3m/3.8km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 4.9m/7.9km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Jane Pit  1.5m/2.4km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 3.4m/5.5km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Joliffe Pit  2.1m/3.5km  
Judith Pit Harraton 2.9m/4.7km  
Knott Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 2.2m/3.6km 1790 
Lady Pit Easington Lane 4.8m/7.8km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.9m/7.9km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 2.1m/3.4km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 2.1m/3.4km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 2.1m/3.4km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 1.3m/2.2km 1792 
Lane Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Lane Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.5km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.9m/7.9km 1824 1897
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 3.3m/5.4km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Washington 1.5m/2.5km 1894 Mar 1935
Low Letch Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.5m/4.1km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.8m/4.5km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 1.0m/1.7km  1930's
Mary Pit Newbottle 1.4m/2.3km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.8m/2.9km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.8km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 1.8m/2.9km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 0.8m/1.4km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.0m/6.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Monkwearmouth Colliery Sunderland 4.3m/7.0km Jun 1835 24 Nov 1993
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.9m/7.9km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 4.4m/7.1km 1821 1935
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
The Nack Seaham 4.8m/7.8km 1849 1988
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 0.7m/1.2km 1774 1956
New D Pit Penshaw 1.1m/1.9km 1832 
New Seaham Colliery Seaham 4.8m/7.8km 1849 1988
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 0.7m/1.2km 1774 1956
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 3.1m/5.1km 1817 
Nicky Nack Seaham 4.8m/7.8km 1849 1988
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 3.1m/5.1km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 4.4m/7.1km 1821 1935
Old Engine Pit  2.1m/3.5km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 1.3m/2.1km  
Pea Flat Pit  3.1m/5.0km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Pemberton Main Colliery Sunderland 4.3m/7.0km Jun 1835 24 Nov 1993
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 1.3m/2.1km  
Pity Me Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 3.1m/5.0km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 3.5m/5.6km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 3.6m/5.8km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.8km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.7m/7.6km  
Redhouse Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.4km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Row Pit Harraton 2.9m/4.7km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.6km  
Ryhope Colliery Ryhope, Sunderland 3.6m/5.8km 1857 25 Nov 1966
Sandy Pits  4.2m/6.8km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.2km  
Seaham Brickworks Seaham 4.8m/7.8km  
Seaham Colliery Seaham 4.8m/7.8km 1849 1988
Seaton Colliery Seaham 4.8m/7.7km 1845 1864
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 2.2m/3.6km 1869 06 Nov 1971
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.3m/6.9km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.2m/6.8km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.8m/7.8km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 2.0m/3.3km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  2.3m/3.8km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 1.2m/2.0km  1956
Thistley Hall Quarry Sunderland 4.6m/7.5km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 4.9m/7.9km  
Union Pit Seaham 4.8m/7.7km 1845 1864
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Victoria Pit Washington 1.6m/2.6km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.0m/6.5km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 3.5m/5.6km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 2.6m/4.2km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Way Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Wearmouth Colliery Sunderland 4.3m/7.0km Jun 1835 24 Nov 1993
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 1.1m/1.9km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 1.1m/1.9km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km 1790 
Woodside Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.8m/4.6km  

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