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Long Benton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27093 67438

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Long Benton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Long Benton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 1.2m/2.0km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 1.0m/1.6km  
Ada Pit Heworth 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 4.0m/6.4km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 3.5m/5.6km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Ann Pit Newbiggin 4.6m/7.4km 1769 
Ann Pit Walker 2.1m/3.5km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 3.4m/5.5km 1867 Feb 1960
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.5m/5.6km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 3.5m/5.7km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 0.4m/0.7km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.2m/6.8km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.7m/6.0km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1743 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.1m/6.6km 1766 
Bigge Pit Willington 2.9m/4.7km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 1.0m/1.6km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.8m/6.2km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 4.6m/7.5km 1921 1925
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 3.6m/5.8km  1915
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 3.1m/5.0km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 1.0m/1.6km  
Burradon Colliery Burradon 3.1m/5.0km 1820 22 Nov 1975
Caroline Pit Scotswood 4.2m/6.8km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 3.5m/5.7km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km  
Chance Pit North Shields 4.5m/7.3km 1811 
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1765 
Chirton Pit North Shields 4.5m/7.3km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 4.1m/6.6km 1838 
Church Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.6m/5.8km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.4m/7.1km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Delight Pit Byker 1.6m/2.7km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1746 
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 3.4m/5.5km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.6m/7.5km  
Dudley Colliery Dudley 4.0m/6.5km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 4.0m/6.5km 1856 1977
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 3.7m/6.0km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.4km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.4km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 4.0m/6.4km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 3.7m/6.0km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.3m/7.0km  
East Pit Wallsend 1.9m/3.1km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.5m/5.6km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.5m/5.6km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 4.4m/7.1km  
Edward Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.2km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 2.8m/4.5km  
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.5m/5.6km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.5m/5.7km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.6m/5.8km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 3.6m/5.9km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 1.5m/2.5km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 1.1m/1.8km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.8m/4.6km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.2m/6.8km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 3.5m/5.6km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 3.1m/5.0km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 3.3m/5.4km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 4.3m/6.9km 1874 01 Sep 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 4.3m/6.9km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 4.1m/6.6km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 3.4m/5.5km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.0m/6.4km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.3km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.6m/7.4km 1750 1959
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1921
George Pit Low Fell 5.0m/8.0km  
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 1.1m/1.8km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 1.4m/2.3km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 4.2m/6.8km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 4.2m/6.8km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 3.8m/6.2km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.3km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.9m/1.5km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.0m/4.9km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 0.8m/1.4km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 1.1m/1.9km  
Hester Pit Wide Open 4.0m/6.5km  Feb 1960
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 3.4m/5.5km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
High Pit Willington Quay 2.8m/4.5km 1806 
Holly Hill Pit Felling 3.3m/5.4km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 4.3m/6.9km  
Hopewell Pit North Shields 4.8m/7.7km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 4.1m/6.7km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 4.1m/6.6km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 4.0m/6.5km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
John Pit Felling 3.2m/5.2km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
John Pit Seghill 4.8m/7.7km 1824 1962
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 2.9m/4.7km  
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 4.8m/7.7km 1824 1962
Lady Pit Dunston 4.0m/6.5km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.6m/5.8km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 1.6m/2.7km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 3.0m/4.8km 1903 1966
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 3.6m/5.9km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 2.8m/4.5km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 4.8m/7.7km  1962
Maude Pit Backworth 3.4m/5.5km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 3.1m/5.0km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.0m/6.4km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.8m/6.2km  15 May 1925
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 4.1m/6.7km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 3.6m/5.9km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km 1833 
New Pit Howden 3.7m/6.0km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 0.0m/0.0km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.8m/4.6km Bef. 1769 
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 3.0m/4.8km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.3m/7.0km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.5km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 3.7m/6.0km 1819 1848
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 4.1m/6.7km  
Percy Pit North Shields 4.1m/6.7km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 4.8m/7.7km  28 Sep 1929
Prosperous Pit Backworth 2.1m/3.4km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 3.7m/6.0km 1892 Apr 1964
Quarry Pit Springwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 4.3m/7.0km 01 Jan 1953 31 May 1958
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.3m/7.0km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.1m/6.7km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Cramlington 5.0m/8.0km  
Richard Pit Willington Quay 1.1m/1.9km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1782 
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 4.6m/7.4km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 4.8m/7.7km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 4.8m/7.7km 1824 28 Sep 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.6m/4.2km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km c. 1856 1880s
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 2.4m/3.9km 1830's 1858
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.8m/4.6km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km 1833 
Success Pit Seghill 4.4m/7.1km 1824 1962
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km  
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 4.0m/6.5km 1803 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.8m/7.7km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.3m/7.0km  
Venture Pit Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 2.8m/4.5km 1806 
View Pit Scotswood 4.1m/6.7km 1765 1934
Walker Colliery Walker 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.0m/6.4km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 3.0m/4.9km 1903 10 Sep 1966
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.7m/6.0km 1819 1848
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.3m/6.9km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1829 
White House Quarry Springwell 4.3m/6.9km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 3.4m/5.5km 1825 
William Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km  
William Pit Felling 3.4m/5.5km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km 1841 1926
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 4.8m/7.7km  1954
Willie Pit Heworth 4.0m/6.5km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 2.8m/4.5km 1806 
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 4.3m/7.0km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.4km  

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