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Phoenix Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 13700 62800

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Phoenix Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Phoenix Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 0.5m/0.9km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 4.8m/7.8km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.4km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allendale Drift Ebchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Ann Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.4km  
Ann Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.1km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.4m/7.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.8m/2.9km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 3.7m/6.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.0m/6.5km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 0.4m/0.7km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 3.7m/6.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.7m/6.0km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 1.5m/2.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 2.8m/4.5km  
Bean Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.8m/7.8km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.0m/3.3km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.0m/3.3km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 1.1m/1.8km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.2m/6.8km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 1.8m/3.0km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 1.8m/2.9km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 1.1m/1.8km  
Bog Pit Stella 1.8m/3.0km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.5m/7.2km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 1.1m/1.8km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 4.6m/7.5km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.6m/7.5km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 4.6m/7.5km  
Callerton Colliery Callerton 4.5m/7.3km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 4.5m/7.2km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.2km  
Cat Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Chance Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.2km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 1.4m/2.3km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 1.7m/2.8km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.3m/5.4km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.7m/6.0km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 1.8m/2.9km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 0.7m/1.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 0.3m/0.6km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.5m/7.2km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
Derwent Cote Quarry  3.9m/6.3km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.6km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  4.0m/6.4km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
East Shaft Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 3.0m/4.8km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.1m/3.5km  
Edward Pit Benwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 0.8m/1.3km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.2km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Fallow Pit  1.2m/2.0km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 3.1m/5.1km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 2.3m/3.8km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 1.0m/1.6km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.2m/6.8km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.2m/3.6km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.8km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 0.5m/0.9km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  1.8m/2.9km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.1m/6.6km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 1.6m/2.7km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  4.6m/7.4km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.5m/5.7km  26 May 1951
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.8m/7.7km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km 1700's 
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 4.6m/7.5km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.1m/6.7km  
Humble Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Humble Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.8km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
James Pit Prudhoe 2.0m/3.3km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.4km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.5km  
John Pit West Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  
John Shaft  3.8m/6.1km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 0.5m/0.8km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  1924
King Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
King Pit Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.3km  
Kyo Wood Pit  1.3m/2.2km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.4km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.9km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.3m/7.0km 1855 Mar 1929
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 4.1m/6.7km  22 Feb 1963
Main Drift Ebchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Margery Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 1.6m/2.6km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.2m/3.6km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 4.5m/7.3km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.3m/6.9km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 4.5m/7.2km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 2.5m/4.1km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 4.5m/7.3km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km 1865 Feb 1960
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.2m/6.8km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 2.1m/3.5km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.0km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.3m/3.7km  Aug 1958
Peggy Pit Wylam 1.8m/2.9km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Primrose Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 3.1m/5.0km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km 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 1.2m/2.0km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Robert Pit Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 1.7m/2.8km  
Rye Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
Sally Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.9m/4.7km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km 1865 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  Mar 1921
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 4.4m/7.1km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.3m/2.2km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 1.5m/2.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 4.7m/7.6km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.2m/6.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Taylor Pit Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.2m/5.2km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 3.8m/6.2km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 2.1m/3.4km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 2.9m/4.7km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.5m/2.4km  
Tilley Pit  1.8m/3.0km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.7km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.7m/6.0km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 0.8m/1.3km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.1km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 0.8m/1.3km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 1.5m/2.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 0.8m/1.3km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.7m/6.0km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.0m/4.8km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 4.5m/7.3km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.7m/6.0km  
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  1924
West Drift Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.2km  
West Pit House Shaft  1.6m/2.6km  
West Quarry Ebchester 4.9m/7.9km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 2.2m/3.6km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.0m/6.5km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.1m/6.7km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km  
Whin Pit Thockley 3.0m/4.8km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.6m/7.5km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 4.6m/7.5km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 3.9m/6.3km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  1924
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Phoenix Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Phoenix Drift

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