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  Kenton Colliery  Index  Kenton Colliery  
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Kenton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22348 67316

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kenton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Kenton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 1.7m/2.8km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 1.5m/2.5km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 3.8m/6.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Ann Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 2.0m/3.3km 1769 
Ann Pit Walker 4.5m/7.3km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 2.3m/3.7km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 3.6m/5.8km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.6m/7.4km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.6m/2.6km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.0m/4.8km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.6m/5.8km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.3m/3.7km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.0km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.3m/3.7km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.4m/7.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.4m/7.1km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 2.6m/4.2km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.3m/6.9km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Billet Pit Elswick 2.6m/4.2km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 0.5m/0.8km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.5km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Bog Pit Stella 4.3m/6.9km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.5m/2.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 4.4m/7.1km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 1.9m/3.1km  
Brass Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Brenkley Colliery Seaton Burn 4.3m/7.0km  1985
Burradon Colliery Burradon 4.5m/7.2km 1820 22 Nov 1975
Callerton Colliery Callerton 4.0m/6.4km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 4.1m/6.7km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 1.5m/2.4km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.5km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km 1756 
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1765 
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.8m/7.8km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  
Content Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  Mar 1921
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.6km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.5km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cross Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 2.4m/3.9km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 2.3m/3.8km  
Delight Pit Byker 3.3m/5.3km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.8m/3.0km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 2.3m/3.7km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Dudley Colliery Dudley 4.5m/7.3km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 4.5m/7.3km 1856 1977
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 3.5m/5.6km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 3.0m/4.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 3.0m/4.8km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.2km  
East Walbottle Colliery Dinnington Village 4.0m/6.4km  29 Oct 1966
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.3m/5.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km  
Edward Pit Benwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.1m/3.5km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.1m/3.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.0m/3.3km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 5.0m/8.0km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 2.0m/3.2km  
Fan's Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 3.6m/5.9km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 1.8m/2.9km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 4.4m/7.1km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.5m/7.2km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1736 
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 1.8m/2.9km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.9m/6.3km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  Mar 1921
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.9m/7.9km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 2.0m/3.2km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 2.8m/4.5km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  Mar 1921
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 2.8m/4.5km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.1km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.3m/5.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Hester Pit Wide Open 3.1m/5.1km  Feb 1960
Hill Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 
Holly Hill Pit Felling 4.8m/7.7km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 5.0m/8.0km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Jane Pit Walker 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1765 
Jenny Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 5.0m/8.0km  
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.5km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.5m/5.7km  
John Pit Felling 4.4m/7.1km 1779 1931
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 0.9m/1.5km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1765 
Lady Pit Dunston 3.4m/5.5km  
Lady Pit Fenham 0.8m/1.4km  
Lady Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.3m/5.3km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 3.8m/6.1km 1771 Oct 1966
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 3.7m/6.0km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1760 
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 3.2m/5.2km  22 Feb 1963
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.9m/7.9km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mason Pit Seaton Burn 4.6m/7.4km  17 Aug 1965
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.5km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.9m/3.1km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 1.4m/2.3km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km 1833 
New Pit Longbenton 2.9m/4.7km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km Bef. 1769 
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.4m/2.3km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 0.6m/1.1km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 2.6m/4.2km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.9m/6.3km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 3.4m/5.5km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 2.5m/4.0km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 3.0m/4.9km  
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 3.4m/5.5km 1771 Oct 1966
Prosperous Pit Backworth 4.7m/7.6km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 2.7m/4.4km 1892 Apr 1964
Quarry Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km 1756 
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.3m/6.9km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Robert Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Sally Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.6km  
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 4.2m/6.8km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.6m/5.8km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km c. 1856 1880s
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 1.4m/2.3km 1830's 1858
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.5m/7.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.3m/5.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km  
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km 1756 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.9m/7.9km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.0m/4.8km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 2.9m/4.7km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.1m/6.7km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.5m/7.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.6km  
Venture Pit Felling 4.5m/7.2km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km  
View Pit Scotswood 1.4m/2.3km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1765 1920
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.6m/7.4km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 3.7m/6.0km 1903 10 Sep 1966
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.6km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.5m/4.0km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.8m/7.8km  
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1829 
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Whin Pit Thockley 4.8m/7.8km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 3.4m/5.5km 1825 
William Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.0km  
William Pit Felling 4.4m/7.1km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km 1841 1926
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 3.6m/5.8km  1954
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.8km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.3m/7.0km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.6m/4.2km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  1924

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