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North Wylam

OS Grid Ref: NZ 10856 64861

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of North Wylam

Colliery Page   main page for North Wylam

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.5m/7.3km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 2.5m/4.1km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 3.7m/6.0km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Ann Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
Ann Pit Wylam 1.2m/2.0km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.8m/6.2km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.8km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.8km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.7m/6.0km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 3.3m/5.4km  
Bean Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.0km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 3.4m/5.5km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.1m/6.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.2m/3.6km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 5.0m/8.0km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.8m/6.1km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.8m/6.1km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.3m/5.3km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 3.1m/5.1km  
Callerton Colliery Callerton 4.5m/7.3km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 4.4m/7.1km  27 May 1960
Cat Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
Chance Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.6km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 1.5m/2.4km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 4.9m/7.9km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.5m/7.3km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.2km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 1.4m/2.3km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 1.8m/3.0km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 3.9m/6.3km  
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 4.6m/7.4km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 3.8m/6.1km 1740? 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
East Shaft Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 1.9m/3.1km  
Edward Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.6km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 1.9m/3.1km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 2.3m/3.7km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Fallow Pit  2.7m/4.4km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 2.8m/4.6km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.2m/3.6km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.5m/7.3km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.1m/5.0km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  2.5m/4.0km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 0.5m/0.8km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.5km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  4.1m/6.6km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.1m/5.0km  26 May 1951
Hill Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.0km 1700's 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Horsley Pit Spital 2.0m/3.2km  
Humble Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Humble Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
James Pit Prudhoe 0.6m/1.1km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
John Pit West Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.0m/3.3km  
King Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
King Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.5km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.2m/3.6km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km  
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 4.6m/7.4km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.5km  
Margery Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.8m/6.1km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.2m/3.6km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.3m/5.4km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.5m/5.6km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 2.5m/4.1km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 3.6m/5.8km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  Mar 1921
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 5.0m/8.0km 1894 24 Feb 1968
Nymph Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Aug 1958
Peggy Pit Wylam 0.3m/0.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.1m/3.5km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 1.4m/2.3km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 0.6m/1.1km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 2.1m/3.4km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.4km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Robert Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Rye Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.6m/7.5km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 2.2m/3.6km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.4m/2.3km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.3m/5.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 4.2m/6.8km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.5m/7.3km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 2.9m/4.7km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 3.3m/5.3km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Tilley Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.9m/6.3km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.9m/7.9km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 2.3m/3.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.9km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 2.3m/3.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.3m/5.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 2.3m/3.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.5m/7.3km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.4km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.5m/7.3km  
West Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 2.4m/3.9km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.7m/4.4km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 0.7m/1.2km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 0.7m/1.2km  1961
Whin Pit Thockley 2.8m/4.6km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.8m/7.8km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Wylam Colliery Wylam 1.0m/1.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of North Wylam

Colliery Page   main page for North Wylam

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