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Mount Moor Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27900 57700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Mount Moor Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Mount Moor Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Ada Pit Heworth 1.7m/2.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Air Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.7m/7.6km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.7m/7.6km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.6m/7.4km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 0.8m/1.4km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 4.3m/6.9km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 1.8m/2.9km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 1.7m/2.8km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.8m/6.2km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.4m/7.1km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.6m/5.9km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.7km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1743 
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 1.8m/3.0km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billet Pit Elswick 4.8m/7.7km  
Billy Pit Biddick 3.0m/4.9km  
Billy Pit Harraton 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.0m/6.5km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 1.3m/2.1km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 0.4m/0.7km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.8km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brandling Main Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.8m/6.2km 1867 Feb 1965
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km  Feb 1965
Butney Pit Washington 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carmen Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.5m/4.1km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.4m/7.1km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
Chance Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.3km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1765 
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.2m/5.2km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.2m/5.2km 1680 
Church Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Clog Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.4km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 2.5m/4.0km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 2.9m/4.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  Dec 1893
Delight Pit Byker 4.3m/7.0km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1746 
Dike Pit Beamish 4.7m/7.6km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 1.6m/2.7km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.2m/5.2km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.8m/7.7km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.3km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.8m/7.7km  1956
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.3m/7.0km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.3m/7.0km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 1.8m/3.0km  
Edge Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 0.8m/1.4km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.3km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Engine Pit  2.9m/4.7km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 1.7m/2.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 1.6m/2.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 3.6m/5.8km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.6m/4.3km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.2km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 3.1m/5.0km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.6km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 2.2m/3.6km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.8m/7.7km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.3km  
George Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
George Pit Low Fell 1.9m/3.1km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.0m/6.4km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.5m/5.6km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.4m/3.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.0m/3.2km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.8km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 0.3m/0.6km  
Green Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 2.0m/3.3km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.2m/6.8km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harraton Colliery Harraton 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Haugh Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.1m/5.1km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.1m/5.1km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.7m/7.6km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 2.3m/3.7km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.7m/2.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 2.8m/4.6km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 2.3m/3.7km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 0.2m/0.4km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.6m/4.3km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 1.8m/3.0km  
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 4.8m/7.7km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Jane Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1765 
John Pit Felling 2.8m/4.5km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 1.7m/2.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
Judith Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.4m/3.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 1.6m/2.6km  
King Pit Walker 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 0.9m/1.5km  
Lady Pit Dunston 3.8m/6.1km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 3.6m/5.9km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Lane Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 4.3m/7.0km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Little Pit Washington 3.3m/5.3km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.5m/7.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 2.4m/3.9km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.0m/4.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.8m/7.7km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.9m/7.9km  
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.8m/7.7km  1930's
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.5m/7.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.5m/5.7km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.3m/7.0km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 4.0m/6.5km  15 May 1925
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.8m/7.7km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 0.9m/1.5km  
New D Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.7m/7.6km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.8m/7.7km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.0m/6.4km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 1.6m/2.6km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.5m/7.3km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.3m/5.3km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 3.8m/6.1km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km  
Old Engine Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.6m/5.9km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.8m/7.7km 1819 1848
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 2.5m/4.0km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.0m/6.5km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.6m/5.9km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.7m/7.6km 1874 Dec 1985
Quarry Pit Springwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 0.8m/1.4km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 1.4m/2.3km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.3m/3.8km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 3.2m/5.2km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 3.3m/5.4km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.8m/6.1km Bef. 1769 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 2.9m/4.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.3km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.5km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.2m/5.2km  
Second Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.5m/5.6km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 2.5m/4.0km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.2m/6.8km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 1.7m/2.8km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 1.7m/2.8km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.5m/5.6km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 0.3m/0.6km  
Springwell Colliery Springwell 0.7m/1.2km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 0.6m/1.1km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km 1833 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 3.1m/5.1km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.6m/5.9km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.8m/7.7km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.9m/1.5km  
Street Pit Lamesley 0.5m/0.9km  
Success Pit  3.1m/5.0km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km  1956
Team Colliery Gateshead 0.8m/1.4km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.1m/3.4km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.0m/6.4km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.4km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.8m/7.7km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.8m/7.7km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 1.5m/2.5km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 1.5m/2.5km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.7m/2.8km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 3.1m/5.0km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.0m/4.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 2.2m/3.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Venture Pit Felling 3.1m/5.0km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 2.2m/3.6km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 3.1m/5.0km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 1.3m/2.1km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 1.4m/2.3km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 2.1m/3.4km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.8m/6.1km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 0.4m/0.7km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 2.2m/3.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.8m/7.7km 1819 1848
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.8m/7.7km 1858 1921
Whin Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
White House Quarry Springwell 1.7m/2.8km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km 1830 
William Pit Felling 2.6m/4.2km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 2.0m/3.2km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 1.7m/2.8km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.3m/7.0km  

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