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Monkton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31643 63182

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Monkton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Monkton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.5m/7.3km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
Ada Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Alfred Pit Jarrow 1.6m/2.7km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 4.5m/7.2km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 1.7m/2.8km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.1m/6.7km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1760 
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Bigge Pit Willington 3.4m/5.5km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 4.0m/6.4km 1921 1925
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 2.0m/3.2km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 2.0m/3.2km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Brandling Main Felling 2.5m/4.1km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.7m/7.6km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Carley Hill Quarry (Limestone) Sunderland 4.6m/7.4km  
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.3m/6.9km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Chance Pit North Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 4.0m/6.4km  
Chirton Pit North Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 3.5m/5.7km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 3.5m/5.7km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 3.3m/5.3km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
Collingwood Main Colliery North Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 2.2m/3.6km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  Dec 1893
Delight Pit Byker 3.0m/4.8km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.4km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1746 
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 3.8m/6.2km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 1.6m/2.7km 1803 
East Pit Wallsend 1.9m/3.1km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 3.6m/5.9km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 3.3m/5.3km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 4.4m/7.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 2.3m/3.7km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.8m/3.0km Bef. 1769 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.5m/4.1km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.7m/4.4km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 3.6m/5.8km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 3.0m/4.8km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 0.8m/1.4km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Ford Quarry Sunderland 4.6m/7.4km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km 1736 
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km 1798 1926
Fulwell Waterworks Fulwell, Sunderland 4.8m/7.7km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
George Pit Low Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
Glebe Colliery Washington 4.2m/6.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.0km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km  
Green Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 2.8m/4.6km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 1.3m/2.2km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.5m/7.3km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 2.6m/4.3km  
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 2.2m/3.6km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 1.7m/2.8km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 2.2m/3.6km  
High Pit Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.3m/3.8km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.4m/5.5km  
Hopewell Pit North Shields 3.5m/5.7km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 2.7m/4.4km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 2.1m/3.5km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.3m/6.9km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 4.6m/7.4km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 1.5m/2.4km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 1.8m/2.9km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
John Pit Felling 2.6m/4.3km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 2.6m/4.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
King Pit Walker 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.0m/4.8km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1805 1825
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 3.4m/5.5km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 0.2m/0.4km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1826 May 1931
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 4.4m/7.1km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
New Pit Howden 2.2m/3.6km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 3.8m/6.2km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.8m/3.0km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.9m/7.9km  
North Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 5.0m/8.0km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Old Pit North Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1805 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 2.7m/4.4km  
Percy Pit North Shields 2.7m/4.4km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 4.0m/6.5km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 4.0m/6.4km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 4.2m/6.8km 1906 Dec 1960
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 4.6m/7.4km 01 Jan 1953 31 May 1958
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 0.8m/1.3km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 0.6m/1.1km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.0m/3.3km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.2m/6.8km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1782 
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.1m/5.1km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shields Colliery Chirton 4.0m/6.4km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km c. 1856 1880s
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.3m/5.3km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.3m/5.4km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 1.8m/3.0km Bef. 1769 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 3.5m/5.7km 1810 1940
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km 1833 
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 1.8m/2.9km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1805 1825
Thistley Hall Quarry Sunderland 4.4m/7.1km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.4m/7.1km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 2.6m/4.2km  
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 2.3m/3.7km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 0.9m/1.5km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Washington Colliery Washington 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 3.6m/5.8km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 4.3m/7.0km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Way Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Chirton Pit North Shields 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 4.3m/7.0km 1909 May 1993
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.0m/4.8km  
William Pit Felling 2.9m/4.7km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.1km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 2.6m/4.2km  

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