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South Garesfield Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 15700 57200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of South Garesfield Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for South Garesfield Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 1.2m/2.0km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.1m/5.0km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.4m/7.1km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Air Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.4km 1849 
Allendale Drift Ebchester 2.6m/4.3km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.0m/4.8km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 3.0m/4.8km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 0.7m/1.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 2.7m/4.4km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.8m/3.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.5m/2.4km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.0m/6.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.4m/5.5km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 0.9m/1.5km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 1.5m/2.4km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 1.5m/2.4km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 2.1m/3.5km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 1.5m/2.4km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.0m/6.4km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.9m/6.3km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.3m/5.4km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.3m/5.4km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.7m/6.0km  
Billingside Drift Leadgate 3.1m/5.1km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.5m/5.7km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.2m/5.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.7m/6.0km  
Bog Pit Pontop 2.8m/4.5km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km  
Brack Pit Kyo 2.6m/4.2km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.0m/6.4km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 3.6m/5.8km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 1.5m/2.4km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 3.6m/5.8km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Broom Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.7km  
Broom Pit Collierly 2.5m/4.0km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 0.7m/1.2km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.1m/5.0km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 1.1m/1.8km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 2.0m/3.3km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 4.2m/6.8km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.9m/3.1km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 2.6m/4.3km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 1.8m/3.0km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.7m/7.6km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.4km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.3m/3.8km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.6m/4.3km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 1.9m/3.1km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Content Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 1.0m/1.7km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.2km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.2m/5.2km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.3m/7.0km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 3.8m/6.1km 1796 
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.4m/5.5km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.7km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 1.8m/3.0km bef. 1847 
D Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  1.5m/2.5km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 2.3m/3.8km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  4.3m/7.0km  
Drift  4.2m/6.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Dummys Pit  2.4m/3.9km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km  
East Drift Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 2.6m/4.2km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.8m/6.1km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 3.5m/5.7km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 3.5m/5.7km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.6m/5.8km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 4.1m/6.6km 1836 
Emma Colliery Ryton 4.2m/6.8km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Fallow Pit  2.8m/4.5km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1958
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.3m/6.9km  
First Pit Winlaton 1.8m/3.0km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.3m/5.3km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Fox Pit Stanley 3.1m/5.1km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 3.9m/6.3km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 2.0m/3.2km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.9m/3.1km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.7m/2.8km  1854
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.4m/5.5km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1828 
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.5m/5.7km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/7.0km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.1m/5.0km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  3.4m/5.5km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 2.5m/4.0km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 3.8m/6.2km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km 1839 
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 3.8m/6.2km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 3.7m/6.0km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 4.8m/7.8km  26 May 1951
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.1m/3.4km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.2m/6.8km  
Hive Pit Pontop 3.1m/5.0km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 1.1m/1.8km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 0.9m/1.5km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.7km  
Hutton Seam Drift  2.9m/4.7km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.3m/6.9km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.4m/5.5km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.4m/7.1km 1839 1892
John Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
John Shaft  1.7m/2.8km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 4.1m/6.6km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  1924
King Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  25 Nov 1966
Kyo Wood Pit  3.4m/5.5km bef. 1790 
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Law Pit Lanchester 2.6m/4.2km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.1km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.1km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 2.3m/3.7km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 0.6m/1.1km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 3.3m/5.4km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 3.6m/5.8km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 1.9m/3.1km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 1.9m/3.1km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 2.6m/4.3km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 2.5m/4.1km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.9km  
Margery Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.9m/6.3km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.0m/4.9km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 2.3m/3.8km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.4m/5.5km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Mar 1921
Moor Pit Pontop 3.0m/4.8km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  4.7m/7.6km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 1.7m/2.8km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 1.3m/2.2km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
New Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1700's 1815
North Pit Pontop 3.0m/4.9km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  1924
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  Aug 1958
Oxhill Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.5m/7.2km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 3.3m/5.4km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.6m/5.9km  Aug 1964
Pike Pit Pontop 2.6m/4.3km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 1.6m/2.6km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.4m/5.5km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 2.4m/3.9km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.6m/5.8km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 2.0m/3.3km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km  05 Oct 1973
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.5m/4.0km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km 1952 Aug 1955
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.3m/3.8km  
Second Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.2km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 1.0m/1.7km  
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.3m/6.9km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.2km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.7km  
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.3km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 1.0m/1.6km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Mar 1921
Spring Pits Pontop 2.5m/4.1km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.2m/6.8km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.0m/4.8km 1821 1938
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.8m/6.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 4.7m/7.6km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 1.1m/1.9km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 2.4m/3.9km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.6m/5.8km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 1.6m/2.7km  Nov 1940
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.3m/7.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 2.5m/4.1km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 1.8m/3.0km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 4.1m/6.6km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.3m/3.8km  
Tilley Pit  1.9m/3.1km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.6m/5.8km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 2.2m/3.6km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 4.2m/6.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.9m/3.1km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 4.2m/6.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.8m/6.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 4.2m/6.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km  05 Oct 1973
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 0.8m/1.4km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1828 
Water Level Drift East Castle 3.5m/5.7km  
Water Pit Beamish 4.7m/7.6km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.3m/7.0km 1924 20 Aug 1964
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  1924
West Drift Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 4.8m/7.8km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 1.5m/2.4km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  3.0m/4.8km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.6m/5.8km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 3.2m/5.2km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 3.0m/4.9km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 2.8m/4.5km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 2.6m/4.3km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.3m/7.0km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 2.6m/4.3km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.4km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 1.8m/3.0km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 2.6m/4.3km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.6m/5.8km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.9m/4.7km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 1.9m/3.1km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.3km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.9m/7.9km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 4.8m/7.8km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  1924

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