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Heaton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26444 66243

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Heaton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Heaton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 0.8m/1.3km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 1.4m/2.3km  
Ada Pit Heworth 3.7m/6.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 4.1m/6.7km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 4.1m/6.7km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 4.5m/7.3km 1769 
Ann Pit Walker 1.9m/3.1km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 3.7m/6.0km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.7m/7.6km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 4.3m/6.9km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 4.3m/6.9km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 1.2m/2.0km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 3.6m/5.9km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.3m/5.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.9m/4.7km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.4m/5.5km 1766 
Bigge Pit Willington 3.5m/5.7km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 1.4m/2.3km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.1m/5.0km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 4.3m/7.0km  1915
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 2.4m/3.9km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 1.0m/1.7km  
Burradon Colliery Burradon 3.8m/6.2km 1820 22 Nov 1975
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.8m/6.1km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.8m/4.5km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/6.9km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1765 
Church Pit Earsdon 4.9m/7.9km 1838 
Church Pit Wallsend 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 3.6m/5.9km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.0m/4.8km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 3.7m/6.0km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Delight Pit Byker 1.0m/1.6km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 1.6m/2.6km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 3.0m/4.9km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1746 
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 3.7m/6.0km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 3.9m/6.3km  
Dudley Colliery Dudley 4.7m/7.6km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 4.7m/7.6km 1856 1977
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 4.6m/7.4km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 3.1m/5.1km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 3.1m/5.1km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 4.1m/6.7km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 4.6m/7.4km  22 Jun 1934
East Pit Wallsend 1.8m/3.0km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 4.3m/6.9km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 4.3m/6.9km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 3.6m/5.9km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 3.3m/5.4km  
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.7m/4.4km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.8m/4.5km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 4.4m/7.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 1.6m/2.6km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 1.5m/2.4km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.7m/6.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 3.4m/5.5km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 3.6m/5.8km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.4m/3.9km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.6m/4.2km  
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 4.6m/7.4km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 3.9m/6.3km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 3.6m/5.9km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.2m/6.8km 1750 1959
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1921
George Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
George Pit Low Fell 4.1m/6.7km  
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 1.5m/2.4km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 1.3m/2.1km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Green Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 4.5m/7.3km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 4.1m/6.7km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.3km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.1m/5.1km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 1.6m/2.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 1.1m/1.9km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Hester Pit Wide Open 4.4m/7.1km  Feb 1960
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 3.2m/5.2km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.7m/6.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 2.9m/4.7km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 3.2m/5.2km  
High Pit Willington Quay 3.1m/5.1km 1806 
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.7m/4.4km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.5m/5.7km  
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 4.5m/7.3km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 4.3m/6.9km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.5m/0.8km  
John Pit Felling 2.5m/4.1km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.7m/6.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 2.6m/4.2km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  1924
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 4.4m/7.1km  
Lady Pit Dunston 3.2m/5.2km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.1m/5.1km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 1.0m/1.6km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 3.6m/5.9km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 3.1m/5.1km 1806 
Maude Pit Backworth 4.2m/6.8km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.5m/0.8km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.4m/3.9km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.7m/6.0km  15 May 1925
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.7m/6.0km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 4.4m/7.1km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
New Pit Howden 4.1m/6.6km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 0.8m/1.3km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km Bef. 1769 
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.5m/4.0km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.5m/4.1km  
North Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.5m/5.7km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 3.2m/5.2km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 2.9m/4.7km 1819 1848
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 4.5m/7.3km  
Percy Pit North Shields 4.5m/7.3km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 2.9m/4.7km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 4.1m/6.6km 1892 Apr 1964
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.0m/6.5km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 3.8m/6.2km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 2.5m/4.1km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.8m/3.0km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 2.0m/3.2km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 2.4m/3.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 2.4m/3.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1782 
Shearlegs Pits Felling 1.8m/3.0km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km c. 1856 1880s
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 1.8m/2.9km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.7m/7.6km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.8m/7.7km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km 1833 
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.4m/7.1km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 4.3m/6.9km 1803 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.0m/6.4km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Venture Pit Felling 2.3m/3.8km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 3.1m/5.1km 1806 
View Pit Scotswood 3.7m/6.0km 1765 1934
Walker Colliery Walker 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 2.8m/4.6km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 3.6m/5.8km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.6m/7.5km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 3.7m/6.0km 1903 10 Sep 1966
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.9m/4.7km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  1924
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1829 
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 4.0m/6.4km 1825 
William Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.3km  
William Pit Felling 2.6m/4.3km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 3.4m/5.5km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 3.1m/5.1km 1806 
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.5m/4.1km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  1924

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