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Norwood Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23481 61920

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Norwood Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Norwood Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 3.0m/4.9km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.2km  
Ada Pit Heworth 3.1m/5.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.3m/7.0km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.3m/3.8km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.5m/5.6km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.8m/6.2km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 1.3m/2.1km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.5m/4.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.0m/3.2km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.5m/4.1km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 1.5m/2.4km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.6m/7.5km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.5m/7.2km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.5m/7.2km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.5m/7.2km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 2.6m/4.3km  
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.7m/7.6km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 0.1m/0.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 1.5m/2.5km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 1.0m/1.6km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 0.5m/0.8km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 1.5m/2.5km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.0m/6.4km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.0m/6.4km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.2m/6.8km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.8m/6.1km 1862 1932
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.5m/7.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 0.9m/1.5km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.1m/5.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.8km 1913 May 1932
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.2m/6.8km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.9m/7.9km  
Bog Pit Stella 4.2m/6.8km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 2.5m/4.1km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.7m/6.0km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.9m/7.9km  
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.1m/6.7km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.0m/3.3km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.9km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 1.0m/1.7km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 1.8m/2.9km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 
Church Quarry Heworth 2.5m/4.0km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 1.6m/2.6km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.1m/5.0km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 0.0m/0.1km  
Content Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.2m/6.8km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.0m/4.8km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 1.6m/2.6km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 1.8m/3.0km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.8m/4.5km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 0.1m/0.3km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 1.5m/2.4km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.1m/3.4km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.8km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 0.5m/0.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 0.5m/0.8km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.8m/7.8km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.1m/3.4km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.8m/6.2km  
Edward Pit Benwell 2.3m/3.8km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.2m/2.0km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.5m/2.4km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.1m/5.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 0.2m/0.4km  
Felling Colliery Felling 2.5m/4.1km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.4m/3.9km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.4m/7.1km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.5m/7.2km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.5m/5.7km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.1km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km  1854
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.1m/3.5km  
George Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
George Pit Low Fell 1.8m/3.0km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1828 
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.1km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
Green Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.8m/7.7km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.1m/5.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 3.4m/5.5km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 3.9m/6.3km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.8m/4.5km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 2.1m/3.5km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  
John Pit Felling 2.4m/3.9km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.1m/5.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.7km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
King Pit Walker 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.0m/4.8km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.5km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.8m/4.5km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 3.1m/5.1km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.6m/7.4km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.4m/7.1km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Meadow Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.9m/4.7km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.4m/2.3km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1921
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 5.0m/8.0km  
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
New Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.0m/3.2km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.7m/4.4km  
North Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 0.2m/0.4km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 0.5m/0.8km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.8m/6.1km  Aug 1958
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Paradise Colliery Benwell 1.0m/1.6km 1819 1848
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1828 
Quarry Pit Springwell 2.1m/3.4km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.1m/5.0km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.4m/7.1km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.8m/7.8km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 0.2m/0.4km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 0.7m/1.2km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.2m/5.2km Bef. 1769 
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.0m/3.3km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 1.6m/2.6km c. 1856 1880s
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 5.0m/8.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 5.0m/8.0km  08 Feb 1922
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 2.1m/3.5km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.6m/5.9km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.6m/5.9km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.4m/3.9km 1833 
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.6m/7.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 1.8m/2.9km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 0.0m/0.1km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 1.6m/2.6km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 4.6m/7.4km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.8m/4.5km  
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.6m/7.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 0.3m/0.5km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 4.3m/7.0km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.9m/6.3km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.6m/7.4km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Vale Pit Springwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 2.8m/4.5km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km  
View Pit Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1828 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.4m/7.1km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.8m/7.8km 1913 May 1932
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 1.4m/2.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 1.0m/1.6km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km  1924
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
White House Quarry Springwell 2.6m/4.3km  
William Pit Benwell 1.2m/2.0km  
William Pit Felling 2.2m/3.6km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.5m/4.1km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.6m/4.2km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.3m/3.8km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 0.8m/1.3km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km  1924

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