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Pontop Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16300 51700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Pontop Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Pontop Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.2m/6.8km 1837 
Air Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.1km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.3m/7.0km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.3m/7.0km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.2m/6.8km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 2.3m/3.7km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 2.7m/4.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 2.8m/4.5km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 1.4m/2.3km 1864 Jul 1980
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.8km  
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 1.0m/1.7km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.8m/6.1km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.8km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.8km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.1m/5.1km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.6m/5.9km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.3km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km  22 Jul 1949
Billingside Drift Leadgate 2.5m/4.1km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.6m/7.5km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Bog Pit Pontop 0.7m/1.2km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 2.3m/3.7km  
Brack Pit Kyo 0.8m/1.3km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 2.4m/3.9km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 2.8m/4.6km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 1.9m/3.1km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 5.0m/8.0km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Broom Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km  
Broom Pit Collierly 1.0m/1.6km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.8m/6.1km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 1.3m/2.2km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  
Busty Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.2m/5.2km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 3.7m/6.0km  
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 2.1m/3.5km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 3.6m/5.9km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1857 
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 3.0m/4.8km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 3.8m/6.2km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 0.6m/1.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.7m/7.6km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Colepike Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
Conquest Pit Tantobie 1.5m/2.5km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 1.8m/2.9km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.3km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 3.2m/5.2km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  
D Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 3.3m/5.3km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  3.5m/5.6km  
Dike Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.6km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 1.1m/1.9km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  1.1m/1.9km  
Drift  1.1m/1.8km  
Dummys Pit  4.1m/6.6km bef. 1790 
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 3.0m/4.9km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 0.7m/1.2km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 0.5m/0.9km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.1m/5.0km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 2.8m/4.6km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 1.3m/2.1km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 1.9m/3.1km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.4km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.2km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 3.8m/6.2km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km 1836 
Esther Pit Tanfield 2.0m/3.2km  
Fan Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.7km  
Fell Coking Plant Consett 4.2m/6.8km Mar 1924 
Fell Pit Burnhope 3.0m/4.8km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 2.0m/3.3km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.8km  
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
Fortune Pit Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km  22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 1.7m/2.8km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.2km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.7m/6.0km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.0m/4.9km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 0.9m/1.5km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 0.9m/1.5km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.0m/6.4km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.1m/6.6km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.3m/7.0km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 0.7m/1.2km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 2.3m/3.7km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 3.7m/6.0km  
Healeyfield Vein Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.8km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 1.6m/2.7km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 1.8m/3.0km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 3.8m/6.1km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.8km  
Hive Pit Pontop 1.4m/2.3km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 2.8m/4.6km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 3.1m/5.0km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.1m/6.6km  
Hown's Quarry Rowley 4.5m/7.2km  
Humber Hill Drift Consett 3.9m/6.3km  09 Nov 1963
Hunter Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.2km  
Hutton Seam Drift  2.3m/3.8km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 2.0m/3.2km 1839 1892
John Shaft  3.7m/6.0km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 3.5m/5.6km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 2.3m/3.7km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.0m/6.5km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.8m/6.1km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.7m/7.6km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 3.2m/5.2km  
Law Pit Lanchester 0.8m/1.4km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 2.5m/4.1km  Jan 1949
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.4km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.4km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 1.1m/1.8km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.7m/4.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.3km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.4m/7.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 0.5m/0.8km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 1.8m/3.0km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 1.8m/2.9km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 1.8m/2.9km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 2.8m/4.6km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 2.2m/3.6km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.5km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.4m/7.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.9km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 1.6m/2.7km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.2m/5.2km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.4m/5.5km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.3m/5.3km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Moor Pit Pontop 0.4m/0.7km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 0.9m/1.5km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  1.8m/3.0km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 1.8m/2.9km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 2.1m/3.4km  
New Pit Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.4m/7.1km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 1.2m/2.0km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 3.0m/4.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Oxhill Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.2km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 1.0m/1.7km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 1.4m/2.3km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.5m/5.6km  
Pike Pit Pontop 1.2m/2.0km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 1.9m/3.1km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 1.4m/2.3km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 1.0m/1.6km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 2.5m/4.0km  1938
Prosperous Pit Collierly 1.3m/2.2km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 1.1m/1.8km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 4.5m/7.2km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km  22 Jul 1949
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km 1952 Aug 1955
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 3.1m/5.1km 1847 Sep 1913
Second Pit Beamish 3.7m/6.0km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.3m/7.0km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.2km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 1.4m/2.3km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 0.6m/1.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.3km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 1.1m/1.8km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 1.7m/2.8km  
Spring Pits Pontop 1.6m/2.6km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 0.4m/0.7km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 2.4m/3.9km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 2.3m/3.7km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 1.0m/1.6km  
Success Pit Ditpon 2.5m/4.0km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 1.8m/2.9km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 2.2m/3.6km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 1.8m/2.9km 1768 Oct 1948
Thomas Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.1m/6.7km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.7m/7.6km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.3m/6.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.7m/6.0km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.4km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 1.1m/1.8km  05 Oct 1973
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 3.2m/5.2km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 3.1m/5.1km 1847 Sep 1913
Warren Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  22 Jul 1949
Water Level Drift East Castle 0.8m/1.4km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km  
Water Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.5km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.2km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.2km  30 Nov 1920
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 2.8m/4.5km  
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 1.9m/3.1km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.3m/6.9km 1858 1921
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 2.5m/4.0km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 4.1m/6.6km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 2.1m/3.5km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.4m/7.1km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.2m/6.8km  1941
Whinny Hill Quarry Consett 4.7m/7.6km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.0m/6.5km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km  
William Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.3km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 0.6m/1.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 0.1m/0.2km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 1.8m/2.9km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.9m/3.1km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 2.5m/4.0km  1938
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 2.9m/4.7km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 2.1m/3.4km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 2.2m/3.6km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km  

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