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Howden Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16500 33600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Howden Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Howden Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km 1830 1925
Arthur Pit Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 1.7m/2.8km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 1.8m/2.9km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 2.3m/3.8km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/7.0km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km 1830 1939
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 4.6m/7.5km 1846 1933
Blackfield Colliery Tow Law 4.8m/7.8km 1865 17 Sep 1928
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 1.1m/1.9km 1885 1895
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.0m/3.2km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.7m/2.8km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 1.8m/2.9km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 2.8m/4.5km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 2.8m/4.5km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.6m/5.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.6m/5.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.5m/5.6km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.0m/6.4km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 2.3m/3.8km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 2.3m/3.8km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 2.1m/3.4km  28 Apr 1926
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  Jan 1948
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.8m/2.9km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 4.5m/7.3km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 4.5m/7.3km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 4.1m/6.7km  05 Nov 1927
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 2.3m/3.8km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 1.4m/2.3km  
Crook Drift Crook 1.6m/2.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 4.0m/6.4km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 1.5m/2.5km  
Drift Evenwood 3.3m/5.4km  
Drift Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km  
Drift Evenwood 3.8m/6.2km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km 1836 31 Jan 1959
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Edward Pit Tow Law 4.0m/6.5km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Etherley Colliery Etherley 4.1m/6.6km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.8m/6.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 2.0m/3.2km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.7m/2.8km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
George Pit Etherley 2.6m/4.2km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 3.7m/6.0km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 2.4m/3.9km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 1.1m/1.9km  24 May 1907
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  Sep 1955
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 0.6m/1.0km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 0.6m/1.0km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 2.2m/3.6km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.7m/7.6km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 4.0m/6.5km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 2.8m/4.5km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 1.7m/2.8km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  20 Aug 1921
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 5.0m/8.0km 1873 
Jane Pit Etherley 2.0m/3.3km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 4.8m/7.7km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 1.2m/2.0km  
John George Pit Hunwick 2.3m/3.7km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 3.3m/5.3km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
Little Pit Crook 2.4m/3.9km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 0.6m/1.1km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 0.6m/1.1km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 1.3m/2.1km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.6m/5.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.7m/7.6km  1965
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.4m/5.5km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 2.4m/3.9km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.4m/5.5km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.4m/5.5km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 0.6m/1.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 0.6m/1.1km 1845 1966
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  
North Pit  4.9m/7.9km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.8m/3.0km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 3.1m/5.1km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.0m/6.5km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 2.8m/4.6km 1983 
Pasture Pit  4.8m/7.7km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 2.0m/3.3km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 4.1m/6.7km  
Providence Pit Cockfield 4.5m/7.2km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.0m/4.8km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1942 Oct 1959
Red House Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.5km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 1.7m/2.8km 1858 1931
Rowan Tree Colliery  4.6m/7.5km  
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 4.5m/7.3km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 0.5m/0.8km  
Rush Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.6km 1869 
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.0m/6.5km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  27 Aug 1938
South Pit Evenwood 4.0m/6.4km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 4.7m/7.6km  
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.4m/5.5km 1955 May 1968
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 3.8m/6.1km  
Success Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.6km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 3.8m/6.1km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 2.0m/3.2km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 2.6m/4.3km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.8m/4.6km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 0.5m/0.8km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 3.9m/6.3km  
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.0m/4.9km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 3.3m/5.3km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1859 1967
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 4.6m/7.5km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.8m/4.5km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 4.8m/7.7km 1859 Aug 1966
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.4m/7.1km 1838 Jul 1967
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.5m/7.3km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.6m/5.8km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 1.8m/2.9km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 4.8m/7.7km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 4.6m/7.5km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.6m/5.9km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.8m/2.9km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 2.0m/3.2km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.8m/2.9km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 1.0m/1.6km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.1m/5.0km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.0m/4.9km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Howden Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Howden Colliery

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