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Oakwellgate Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25930 63835

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Oakwellgate Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Oakwellgate Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 1.8m/2.9km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Ada Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.0m/4.8km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 4.5m/7.3km 1803 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 2.0m/3.2km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.1km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.8m/7.8km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 3.7m/6.0km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.4m/5.5km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 2.7m/4.4km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 2.3m/3.8km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 2.0m/3.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.0m/3.3km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.7m/4.4km 1766 
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.7km 1862 1932
Bigge Pit Willington 4.6m/7.4km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Billet Pit Elswick 2.1m/3.5km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.9m/7.9km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 1.3m/2.1km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 2.3m/3.8km  
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.6m/5.9km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 1.3m/2.2km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 0.8m/1.3km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1765 
Church Pit Wallsend 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 2.3m/3.7km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 0.8m/1.3km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 5.0m/8.0km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
Content Pit Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crowhall Quarry Felling 1.9m/3.1km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 3.1m/5.0km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Delight Pit Byker 0.8m/1.4km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 1.7m/2.8km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.8m/7.8km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.4m/3.9km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 2.0m/3.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 2.0m/3.3km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 4.5m/7.3km 1803 
East Pit Wallsend 2.3m/3.7km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.1m/3.5km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Benwell 3.0m/4.8km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 4.4m/7.1km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.0m/3.3km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.1m/3.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.3m/3.7km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 2.2m/3.6km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 2.8m/4.6km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.7m/2.8km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 2.0m/3.3km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.6m/7.4km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 1.3m/2.1km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 1.3m/2.2km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 4.8m/7.7km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 3.1m/5.0km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.4km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.1m/6.7km 1750 1959
Frederick Pit Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.4m/7.1km  Mar 1921
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.1m/6.6km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
George Pit Low Fell 2.6m/4.3km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.8m/7.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 2.8m/4.6km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 1.8m/3.0km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.3m/7.0km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.4km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.7m/2.8km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.5m/5.7km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 3.1m/5.1km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 1.9m/3.1km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 2.5m/4.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
High Pit Willington Quay 4.0m/6.5km 1806 
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 1.6m/2.6km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 2.0m/3.3km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 4.6m/7.5km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.4m/2.3km  
John Pit Felling 1.3m/2.1km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.1m/5.0km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.8m/7.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.6m/7.4km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Lady Pit Dunston 1.9m/3.1km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.2m/5.2km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 0.8m/1.4km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 4.0m/6.5km 1806 
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.4m/2.3km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 4.7m/7.6km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.5m/5.6km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.5m/5.7km  15 May 1925
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.6m/5.8km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.5m/0.9km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
New Pit Howden 4.6m/7.5km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 2.3m/3.7km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.7m/2.8km Bef. 1769 
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.2m/3.6km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km  
North Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 2.0m/3.3km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.1m/3.4km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 1.9m/3.1km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 2.0m/3.3km 1819 1848
Prosperous Pit Backworth 4.3m/6.9km 1906 Dec 1960
Quarry Pit Springwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 3.5m/5.6km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 3.3m/5.4km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 1.7m/2.8km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.5m/2.4km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.5m/5.6km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.8m/7.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1782 
Shearlegs Pits Felling 0.5m/0.8km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 0.6m/1.0km c. 1856 1880s
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 1.7m/2.8km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.5m/5.6km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.5m/5.6km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 1.7m/2.8km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.5m/0.9km 1833 
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 1.8m/3.0km  
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 4.6m/7.5km 1803 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.4m/3.9km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.6m/7.4km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 1.7m/2.8km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.8m/7.7km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 2.5m/4.0km  
Usworth Colliery Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 1.3m/2.2km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 4.0m/6.5km 1806 
Victoria Pit Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
View Pit Scotswood 3.6m/5.8km 1765 1934
Walker Colliery Walker 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 3.5m/5.7km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 3.0m/4.9km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 4.8m/7.7km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.3m/5.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.0m/3.3km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1829 
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
White House Quarry Springwell 2.2m/3.6km  
William Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.0km  
William Pit Felling 1.3m/2.1km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.0m/1.6km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 2.2m/3.6km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 4.0m/6.5km 1806 
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.6m/7.4km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.0km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.5m/2.4km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  1924

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