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Houghton Colliery
OS Grid Ref: NZ 33869 50313
Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)
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In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Houghton Colliery are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.
| Colliery | Location | Distance | Opened | Closed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Wood Drift | Finchale | 4.1m/6.6km | 1952 | 1955 | |
| Adelaide Pit | Belmont, Durham | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Adolphus Pit | Pittington | 3.7m/6.0km | 1826 | ||
| Adventure Pit | West Rainton | 2.5m/4.0km | 1817 | 21 Jul 1978 | |
| Alexandrina Pit | High Moorsley | 2.5m/4.0km | 1824 | 31 Dec 1896 | |
| Anna Bella Pit | Harraton | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Annabella Pit | Chilton Moor | 0.9m/1.5km | |||
| Antrim Pit | Belmont, Durham | 4.3m/6.9km | |||
| Arbour House Pit | nr. Leamside | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Ayton Pit | Harraton | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Belmont Colliery | Pittington | 3.3m/5.3km | 1836 | Bef. 1872 | |
| Benridge Pit | West Rainton | 2.2m/3.6km | |||
| Betty Pit | 0.8m/1.3km | ||||
| Big Pit | Harraton | 3.6m/5.9km | bef. 1794 | 29 May 1965 | |
| Billy Pit | Biddick | 2.8m/4.5km | |||
| Billy Pit | Harraton | 3.6m/5.9km | bef. 1794 | 29 May 1965 | |
| Blackhouse Colliery | Birtley | 4.8m/7.8km | 1913 | May 1932 | |
| Blossom Pit | Hetton-le-Hole | 2.4m/3.9km | 1822 | 11 Jul 1950 | |
| Boundry Pit | Harraton | 4.8m/7.7km | |||
| Bournmoor Colliery | Fencehouses | 1.2m/2.0km | 1790 | 27 Feb 1965 | |
| Branch Pit | West Rainton | 2.5m/4.1km | |||
| Brasside Colliery | Belmont, Durham | 3.4m/5.5km | 1924 | ||
| Broomside Colliery | Belmont, Durham | 4.3m/6.9km | 1890 | ||
| Buddle Pit | Pittington | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Butney Pit | Washington | 3.0m/4.9km | bef. 1710 | Mar 1935 | |
| Carmen Pit | 2.3m/3.7km | ||||
| Caroline Pit | nr. Hetton le Hole | 2.0m/3.2km | 08 Jun 1833 | 30 Mar 1986 | |
| Chance Pit | Harraton | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Charlotte Pit | Harraton | 3.1m/5.0km | |||
| Chartershaugh Colliery | Harraton | 2.6m/4.2km | 1680 | ||
| Chaytor's Haugh Colliery | Harraton | 2.6m/4.2km | 1680 | ||
| Chester Moor Colliery | Chester Moor | 4.3m/7.0km | 1889 | Oct 1967 | |
| Chester South Moor Colliery | Chester Moor | 4.3m/7.0km | 1889 | Oct 1967 | |
| Church Pit | Pittington | 3.3m/5.3km | 1836 | 1872? | |
| Clog Pit | 2.6m/4.3km | ||||
| Cocken Colliery | Cocken | 3.1m/5.0km | |||
| Cocken Drift | Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street | 3.9m/6.3km | Apr 1957 | ||
| Cuthouse Pit | Biddick | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| Dalton Winning | Murton | 4.1m/6.7km | Apr 1843 | 29 Nov 1991 | |
| Dolly Pit | Harraton | 2.6m/4.2km | |||
| Dolly Pit | Philadelphia | 1.2m/2.0km | 1956 | ||
| Dolly Pit | Harraton | 3.3m/5.3km | |||
| Dorothea Pit | Philadelphia | 1.2m/2.0km | 1956 | ||
| Dun Well Pit | East Rainton | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Elemore Colliery | Easington Lane | 3.1m/5.0km | 1827 | Feb 1974 | |
| Elizabeth Pit | Philadelphia | 0.6m/1.1km | 1956 | ||
| Ellison's Shaft | 0.7m/1.2km | ||||
| Engine Pit | 2.9m/4.7km | ||||
| Engine Pit | 1.1m/1.8km | ||||
| Eppleton Colliery | nr. Hetton le Hole | 2.0m/3.2km | 08 Jun 1833 | 30 Mar 1986 | |
| Eppleton Quarry | Eppleton | 1.6m/2.7km | |||
| Fallowfield Quarry | South Hetton | 3.8m/6.2km | |||
| Fatfield Colliery | Washington | 3.1m/5.0km | 1700's | ||
| Field House Pit | 2.8m/4.5km | ||||
| Field House Quarry | Houghton-le-Spring | 1.0m/1.7km | |||
| Finchale Colliery | Finchale | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Ford Quarry | Sunderland | 4.5m/7.3km | |||
| Fortune Pit | Harraton | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Frankland Colliery | Durham | 4.2m/6.8km | 1840 | 1934 | |
| Furnace Pit | Pittington | 3.3m/5.3km | 1836 | 1872? | |
| Galley's Field Corner Pit | 2.4m/3.9km | ||||
| Garden Pit | Harraton | 3.0m/4.8km | |||
| George Pit | Easington Lane | 3.1m/5.0km | 1827 | Feb 1974 | |
| George Pit | Lumley | 2.4m/3.9km | 1790's | 22 Jan 1966 | |
| Gill Pit | South Biddick | 2.3m/3.8km | |||
| Glebe Colliery | Washington | 4.1m/6.7km | 1904 | 04 Aug 1972 | |
| Glow O'er 'em Pit | 2.0m/3.2km | ||||
| Godspeed Pit | 3.0m/4.8km | ||||
| Grange Colliery | Belmont | 4.1m/6.7km | 1844 | Apr 1948 | |
| Greenwell Pit | 2.8m/4.6km | ||||
| Hall Pit, Fatfield | Fatfield, Washington | 4.0m/6.4km | |||
| Harbour House Drift | Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street | 3.9m/6.3km | Apr 1957 | ||
| Harbour House Pit | nr. Leamside | 3.6m/5.8km | |||
| Harraton Colliery | Harraton | 3.6m/5.9km | bef. 1794 | 29 May 1965 | |
| Haswell Moor Quarry | Durham | 4.9m/7.9km | |||
| Hat Pit | 2.6m/4.3km | ||||
| Haugh Pit | 2.6m/4.2km | ||||
| Hawthorn Coking Plant | nr. Murton | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Hawthorn Combined Mine | nr. Murton | 4.2m/6.8km | 02 Jan 1960 | 1992 | |
| Hazard Colliery | Fence Houses | 1.6m/2.7km | 1818 | ||
| Hedge Pit | Chartershaugh | 2.7m/4.4km | |||
| Hedge Pit | South Biddick | 2.7m/4.4km | |||
| Herrington Colliery | New Herrington | 1.8m/3.0km | 1874 | Dec 1985 | |
| Hetton Colliery | Hetton-le-Hole | 2.5m/4.0km | 1822 | 11 Jul 1950 | |
| Hetton Lyon's Colliery | Hetton-le-Hole | 2.5m/4.0km | 1822 | 11 Jul 1950 | |
| Houghton Quarry | Houghton-le-Spring | 0.1m/0.3km | |||
| Hunter's House Pit | Rainton | 1.8m/3.0km | 1817 | ||
| Hutton's Moor Pit | 0.6m/1.1km | ||||
| Hylton Quarry | Sunderland | 4.1m/6.7km | |||
| Isabella Pit | Easington Lane | 3.1m/5.1km | 1827 | Feb 1974 | |
| Jacks Row Pit | 2.6m/4.3km | ||||
| Jane Pit | 1.0m/1.6km | ||||
| Jane Pit | nr. Hetton le Hole | 2.0m/3.2km | 08 Jun 1833 | 30 Mar 1986 | |
| Joliffe Pit | 2.8m/4.6km | ||||
| Judith Pit | Harraton | 3.9m/6.3km | |||
| Kepier Grange Colliery | Durham | 4.5m/7.3km | 1844 | 22 Oct 1924 | |
| Knott Pit | 2.0m/3.3km | ||||
| Lady Alice Pit | Little Town, Pittington | 4.2m/6.8km | 1831 | ||
| Lady Anne Pit | Fencehouses | 1.2m/2.0km | 1790 | ||
| Lady Durham Pit | Sherburn | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Lady Pit | Easington Lane | 3.1m/5.0km | 1827 | Feb 1974 | |
| Lady Seaham Pit | Pittington | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Lambton Brickworks | Fencehouses | 1.2m/2.0km | |||
| Lambton Coking Plant | Fencehouses | 1.2m/2.0km | |||
| Lambton Colliery | Fencehouses | 1.2m/2.0km | 1790 | 27 Feb 1965 | |
| Lambton Colliery | Little Town, Pittington | 4.2m/6.8km | 1831 | ||
| Lambton Pit | Penshaw | 2.1m/3.5km | 1792 | ||
| Lane Pit | Harraton | 3.0m/4.9km | |||
| Lane Pit | West Rainton | 2.2m/3.6km | |||
| Letch Pit | High Moorsley | 3.0m/4.9km | 1824 | 1897 | |
| Lindsay Pit | nr. Hetton le Hole | 2.0m/3.2km | 08 Jun 1833 | 30 Mar 1986 | |
| Little Pit | Washington | 2.6m/4.2km | 1894 | Mar 1935 | |
| Littletown Colliery | Little Town, Pittington | 4.2m/6.8km | 1831 | 1914 | |
| Londonderry Pit | Pittington | 3.8m/6.1km | 1828 | ||
| Lord Lambton Pit | Little Town, Pittington | 4.2m/6.8km | 1831 | ||
| Low Letch Pit | 2.6m/4.2km | ||||
| Lumley Colliery | Lumley | 1.8m/2.9km | 1790's | 22 Jan 1966 | |
| Lumley Quarry (Clay) | Lumley | 1.9m/3.1km | |||
| Lyon's Colliery | Hetton-le-Hole | 2.5m/4.0km | 1822 | 11 Jul 1950 | |
| Margaret Pit | Philadelphia | 1.0m/1.7km | 1930's | ||
| Mary Pit | Newbottle | 0.8m/1.3km | |||
| McCall's Quarry | Houghton-le-Spring | 1.0m/1.7km | |||
| Meadows Pit | Rainton | 1.8m/2.9km | 1824 | 31 Dec 1896 | |
| Middle Pit | 2.5m/4.1km | ||||
| Mill Lane Quarry | Plawsworth | 4.7m/7.6km | |||
| Mill Pit | South Biddick | 2.3m/3.7km | |||
| Mill Pit, Herrington | Herrington | 1.6m/2.6km | |||
| Minor Pit | Hetton-le-Hole | 2.4m/3.9km | 1822 | 11 Jul 1950 | |
| Mollysgill Quarry | Durham | 3.5m/5.6km | |||
| Moorside Pit | West Rainton | 3.1m/5.1km | |||
| Moorsley Colliery | Low Moorsley | 2.5m/4.1km | 1821 | 1935 | |
| Murton Coking Plant | Murton | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| Murton Colliery | Murton | 4.1m/6.7km | Apr 1843 | 29 Nov 1991 | |
| The Nack | Seaham | 4.5m/7.2km | 1849 | 1988 | |
| Neasham's Main Colliery | Philadelphia | 1.2m/2.0km | 1774 | 1956 | |
| New D Pit | Penshaw | 2.1m/3.4km | 1832 | ||
| New Herrington Colliery | New Herrington | 1.8m/3.0km | 1874 | Dec 1985 | |
| New Seaham Colliery | Seaham | 4.5m/7.2km | 1849 | 1988 | |
| Newbottle Colliery | Philadelphia | 1.2m/2.0km | 1774 | 1956 | |
| Nicholson's Pit | East Rainton | 1.3m/2.2km | 1817 | ||
| Nicky Nack | Seaham | 4.5m/7.2km | 1849 | 1988 | |
| Noel Pit | Oxclose, Washington | 4.2m/6.8km | |||
| North Biddick Colliery | Washington | 3.0m/4.9km | bef. 1710 | Mar 1935 | |
| North Hetton Colliery | Low Moorsley | 2.5m/4.1km | 1821 | 1935 | |
| North Pittington Colliery | Pittington | 3.7m/6.0km | 11 Jun 1891 | ||
| Old Engine Pit | 3.0m/4.8km | ||||
| Oxclose Colliery | Washington | 3.3m/5.4km | bef. 1805 | ||
| Painshaw Colliery | Penshaw | 2.1m/3.5km | |||
| Pea Flat Pit | 2.0m/3.2km | ||||
| Peareths Main Colliery | Harraton | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Penshaw Colliery | Penshaw | 2.1m/3.5km | |||
| Philadelphia Colliery | New Herrington | 1.8m/3.0km | 1874 | Dec 1985 | |
| Pittington Colliery | Pittington | 3.7m/6.0km | 11 Jun 1891 | ||
| Pity Me Pit | 1.0m/1.6km | ||||
| Plain Pit | Chilton Moor | 1.4m/2.3km | |||
| Middle (Polka) Pit | Murton | 4.2m/6.8km | 1840 | 29 Nov 1991 | |
| Pontop Pit | East Rainton | 1.6m/2.6km | 1790 | ||
| Quarry Pit | East Rainton | 1.7m/2.8km | |||
| Rainton Colliery | Rainton | 2.4m/3.9km | bef. 1815 | 21 Jul 1978 | |
| Rainton Meadows Pit | Rainton | 1.8m/2.9km | |||
| Redhouse Pit | 2.1m/3.4km | ||||
| Resolution Pit | West Rainton | 2.3m/3.8km | 1816 | ||
| Rickleton Pit | Harraton | 3.5m/5.7km | |||
| Row Pit | Harraton | 3.4m/5.5km | 29 May 1965 | ||
| Rush Pit | Harraton | 3.7m/6.0km | |||
| Ryhope Colliery | Ryhope, Sunderland | 4.2m/6.8km | 1857 | 25 Nov 1966 | |
| Sandy Pits | 2.3m/3.8km | ||||
| Scrog Pit | Harraton | 2.6m/4.2km | |||
| Seaham Brickworks | Seaham | 4.5m/7.2km | |||
| Seaham Colliery | Seaham | 4.5m/7.2km | 1849 | 1988 | |
| Seaton Colliery | Seaham | 4.4m/7.1km | 1845 | 1864 | |
| Sherburn Colliery | Sherburn | 5.0m/8.0km | |||
| Sherburn Hill Colliery | Sherburn Hill | 4.8m/7.8km | 1835 | 07 Aug 1965 | |
| Shiphouse Colliery | Harraton | 3.4m/5.5km | |||
| Silksworth Colliery | Silksworth, Sunderland | 3.3m/5.4km | 1869 | 06 Nov 1971 | |
| South Birtley Brick and Tile Works | Birtley | 4.9m/7.9km | |||
| South Birtley Colliery | Birtley | 4.8m/7.8km | 08 Feb 1922 | ||
| South Hetton Colliery | South Hetton | 4.1m/6.7km | 05 Aug 1833 | Jul 1982 | |
| South Pelaw Colliery | nr. Chester le Street | 4.7m/7.6km | 1890 | 03 Jan 1964 | |
| Stable End Pit | Chartershaugh | 2.6m/4.3km | |||
| Stobbs Hill Pit | Lumley | 1.8m/2.9km | 1700's | 22 Jan 1966 | |
| Success Pit | 2.8m/4.6km | ||||
| Success Pit | Philadelphia | 1.1m/1.8km | 1956 | ||
| Union Pit | Seaham | 4.4m/7.1km | 1845 | 1864 | |
| Venture Pit | 2.6m/4.3km | ||||
| Victoria Pit | Washington | 2.8m/4.5km | Mar 1935 | ||
| Wash Houses Pit | Birtley | 4.8m/7.8km | 1913 | May 1932 | |
| Washington Colliery | Washington | 4.5m/7.3km | bef. 1794 | ||
| Washington 'F' Pit | Washington | 4.9m/7.9km | 1777 | 21 Jun 1968 | |
| Washington Glebe Colliery | Washington | 4.0m/6.4km | 1904 | 04 Aug 1972 | |
| Whitefield Pit | Penshaw | 2.1m/3.4km | |||
| Whitfield (D) Pit | Penshaw | 2.1m/3.4km | 1830 | ||
| William Henry Pit | Fencehouses | 1.3m/2.2km | 1790 | ||
| Woodside Pit | 3.1m/5.1km | ||||
| Woodstone Quarry | Chester-le-Street | 2.0m/3.3km |
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