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North Biddick Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 30700 54200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of North Biddick Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for North Biddick Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.9m/7.9km 1952 1955
Ada Pit Heworth 4.1m/6.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.2km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.8m/7.8km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.8m/7.8km 1858 
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km 1726 1973
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.1km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 3.4m/5.5km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.1m/6.7km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.9km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 4.3m/6.9km  
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.6m/7.5km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Betty Pit  2.2m/3.6km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.5m/5.7km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 0.4m/0.7km  
Billy Pit Harraton 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 1.8m/3.0km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.7km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.6m/2.7km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 2.2m/3.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 5.0m/8.0km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.7m/6.0km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.6m/7.4km 1875 Apr 1926
Carmen Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.4m/7.1km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Chance Pit Harraton 0.3m/0.5km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 0.4m/0.7km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 0.5m/0.8km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 0.5m/0.8km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.8m/6.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.8m/6.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Quarry Heworth 4.3m/7.0km  
Clog Pit  0.4m/0.7km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 4.2m/6.8km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1957
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.9m/7.9km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 0.4m/0.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.5m/7.2km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 0.5m/0.8km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 2.0m/3.3km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 0.5m/0.9km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 2.0m/3.3km  1956
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 4.3m/6.9km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 4.6m/7.4km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 2.3m/3.8km  1956
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Ellison's Shaft  3.0m/4.8km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Engine Pit  0.3m/0.5km  
Engine Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 4.8m/7.7km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.1m/6.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Fatfield Colliery Washington 0.0m/0.1km 1700's 
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.6m/5.9km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 4.5m/7.2km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.8km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Ford Quarry Sunderland 3.8m/6.2km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 0.7m/1.2km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 2.5m/4.1km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Garden Pit Harraton 0.1m/0.2km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
George Pit Low Fell 4.6m/7.5km  
George Pit Lumley 3.5m/5.6km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.0m/6.4km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 0.6m/1.1km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 1.3m/2.1km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Godspeed Pit  0.2m/0.4km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 1.1m/1.8km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.6m/7.5km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.1m/6.7km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  0.4m/0.7km  
Haugh Pit  0.5m/0.9km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.5m/7.3km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 0.5m/0.9km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 0.5m/0.9km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 2.1m/3.5km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.1m/6.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
High Burn Quarry Heworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 4.6m/7.4km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 3.0m/4.9km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.0m/4.8km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.9km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.4m/7.1km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 3.4m/5.5km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  1.0m/1.7km  
Jane Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
John Pit Heworth 4.1m/6.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  0.3m/0.5km  
Judith Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.8m/6.2km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.6m/5.8km  
Knott Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 2.3m/3.8km 1790 
Lamb Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 2.2m/3.6km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 2.2m/3.6km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 2.2m/3.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 0.9m/1.5km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Lane Pit Harraton 0.0m/0.1km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.2km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 4.8m/7.7km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.0m/6.4km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.2m/3.6km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.4m/3.9km  
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 2.0m/3.3km  1930's
Mary Pit Newbottle 2.2m/3.6km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.6m/5.9km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.1m/6.7km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 0.8m/1.3km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 1.5m/2.5km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 2.0m/3.3km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.5m/7.2km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 1.0m/1.7km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 2.1m/3.5km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 2.0m/3.3km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.0m/6.4km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 3.8m/6.2km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 1.1m/1.8km  
North Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Old Engine Pit  0.1m/0.3km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 1.2m/2.0km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 0.9m/1.5km  
Pea Flat Pit  2.9m/4.7km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 0.6m/1.1km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.6m/5.8km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 0.9m/1.5km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 2.1m/3.5km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  2.4m/3.9km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 3.5m/5.7km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.3m/6.9km 1790 
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.5m/7.3km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.1m/6.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.4m/5.5km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.5m/4.1km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.7m/7.6km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Redhouse Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.1m/6.6km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 1.4m/2.3km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.2m/6.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.4km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Rush Pit Harraton 0.6m/1.1km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 0.5m/0.8km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 0.6m/1.1km  
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 4.3m/7.0km 1869 06 Nov 1971
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.6m/7.5km  01 Mar 1968
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.7m/7.6km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.1m/3.4km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 2.0m/3.3km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 2.9m/4.7km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.1m/5.0km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 0.4m/0.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.3m/5.3km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.2m/3.6km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.6m/5.8km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Success Pit  0.5m/0.9km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 1.9m/3.1km  1956
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.9m/7.9km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.3km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.9m/7.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Union Brick Works Birtley 2.7m/4.4km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.1m/5.1km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.1m/6.7km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 3.6m/5.8km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.0m/6.4km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 2.5m/4.1km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1826 May 1931
Victoria Pit Usworth 2.5m/4.1km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.3m/7.0km 1831 Apr 1926
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.8km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 1.8m/3.0km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.0m/3.2km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 1.1m/1.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Way Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.8km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 2.5m/4.1km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.9m/7.9km 1858 1921
Whin Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
White House Quarry Springwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 1.0m/1.7km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 1.0m/1.7km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.4m/3.9km 1790 
Willie Pit Heworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 4.1m/6.7km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.4m/3.9km  

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