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Oakenshaw Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19960 37527

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Oakenshaw Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Oakenshaw Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 3.6m/5.8km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.5m/7.2km  06 Apr 1984
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 4.0m/6.4km  02 Jun 1928
Allotment Drift Bearpark 2.6m/4.3km  Mar 1947
Arthur Pit Crook 3.1m/5.1km  
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 1.6m/2.7km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 3.5m/5.6km 1960 1974
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.5m/4.0km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1859 1967
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 4.5m/7.3km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 4.5m/7.3km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 4.0m/6.4km 1928 May 1935
Big Pit Crook 2.7m/4.4km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km 1860 01 May 1909
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 4.4m/7.1km 1885 1895
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.4m/2.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 1.5m/2.5km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 3.6m/5.8km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 1.1m/1.8km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 1.1m/1.8km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 1.1m/1.8km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.2m/5.2km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.2m/5.2km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 2.0m/3.3km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 4.0m/6.4km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 4.5m/7.2km  1883
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.2m/5.2km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 2.9m/4.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 2.9m/4.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.3m/5.3km  
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 2.5m/4.1km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 2.4m/3.9km  
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.5km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.9m/6.3km  28 Apr 1926
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 4.2m/6.8km 1868 Sep 1953
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.4km  Jun 1923
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 3.9m/6.3km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.5km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.0m/3.3km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.1m/6.7km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.3m/7.0km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 4.3m/7.0km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 1.8m/3.0km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.1m/5.0km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edward Pit Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 3.6m/5.9km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 3.0m/4.8km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 4.1m/6.6km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 1.6m/2.7km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 3.3m/5.4km  15 Nov 1985
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 4.5m/7.2km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 5.0m/8.0km  
George Pit Etherley 4.8m/7.7km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 4.1m/6.7km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 2.5m/4.1km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 3.8m/6.2km  24 May 1907
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 3.6m/5.8km 1868 1958
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.1m/5.0km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.3m/7.0km  
Heugh Drift Esh 3.4m/5.5km  
High Drift Cornsay 4.2m/6.8km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 3.6m/5.9km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.3m/6.9km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.2m/6.8km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.3m/7.0km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.3km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.1m/5.1km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Etherley 4.8m/7.7km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.2km  
John George Pit Hunwick 2.6m/4.3km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 1.9m/3.1km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 4.9m/7.9km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1961
Little Pit Crook 2.7m/4.4km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 3.6m/5.9km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.7m/6.0km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 3.8m/6.2km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.5km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.5km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 4.2m/6.8km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.3m/6.9km  1951
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.5m/7.2km 1830 1936
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 3.6m/5.9km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 2.9m/4.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.3m/7.0km  1965
Miner Pit Meadowfield 3.6m/5.9km 1870 Dec 1950
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.1m/5.1km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 2.5m/4.1km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 4.0m/6.4km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.0m/3.2km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 2.8m/4.5km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 4.0m/6.4km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.0m/3.2km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 4.0m/6.4km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.3m/5.3km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.5m/5.6km 1845 1966
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 3.6m/5.9km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km  
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.3m/2.1km 1845 Jun 1930
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.1m/3.5km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 1.0m/1.6km 1983 
Pease's West Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.8m/7.7km  
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 4.5m/7.3km  
Red House Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.1km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.2m/6.8km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 2.4m/3.9km 1858 1931
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 5.0m/8.0km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.8m/4.6km  
Rush Pit Etherley 1.6m/2.7km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 3.5m/5.7km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.1m/5.1km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.1m/3.5km 1855 Jul 1931
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.9m/6.3km 1846 June 1927
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 2.0m/3.2km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 1.6m/2.7km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.4m/7.1km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.3m/7.0km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 3.5m/5.6km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 2.0m/3.3km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 1.0m/1.6km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 1.1m/1.9km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 3.6m/5.8km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.0km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 4.6m/7.5km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.1m/6.7km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 2.1m/3.5km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.4m/7.1km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.4m/7.1km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.5m/5.6km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.4m/7.1km 1945 23 May 1969
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.4m/5.5km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 4.5m/7.3km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.2m/5.2km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 2.3m/3.8km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 1.6m/2.7km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.4km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 2.8m/4.5km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 2.7m/4.4km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.1m/6.6km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.1km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.4m/7.1km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.4km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 2.0m/3.3km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.4km  Jun 1923
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.6km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 1.4m/2.3km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 1.3m/2.2km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  

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