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South Pelaw Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26455 52303

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for South Pelaw Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 3.7m/6.0km 1952 1955
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.3km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Air Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.4km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 1.9m/3.1km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 1.9m/3.1km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.7m/7.6km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.5m/7.3km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 4.5m/7.2km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.0m/4.9km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 5.0m/8.0km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.3m/5.4km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Betty Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 2.4m/3.9km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 2.6m/4.2km  
Billy Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.3m/7.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 2.2m/3.6km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.1km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.7m/7.6km  1924
Broom Pit Stanley 4.7m/7.6km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.3m/6.9km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 0.8m/1.3km 1867 Feb 1965
Burns Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 0.8m/1.3km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.1m/3.5km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.8m/7.8km  25 Aug 1962
Butney Pit Washington 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  2.6m/4.2km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 2.6m/4.2km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.5km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Chance Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.1km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.5m/5.6km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 2.4m/3.9km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 2.8m/4.6km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 2.8m/4.6km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.8m/2.9km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.8m/2.9km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Quarry Heworth 5.0m/8.0km  
Clog Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.6m/5.9km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  Apr 1957
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 3.3m/5.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.6m/7.5km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 2.5m/4.1km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 1.6m/2.7km  
Dike Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.8km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 4.7m/7.6km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.6km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.3m/7.0km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.7km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.3m/7.0km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1924
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.2m/5.2km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.6m/7.5km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 5.0m/8.0km  
Edge Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.8km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.7km  1956
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km  
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Ellison's Shaft  4.1m/6.7km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
Engine Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Engine Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 0.7m/1.2km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 4.5m/7.3km  
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.0m/4.8km 1700's 
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.9m/7.9km  22 Jul 1949
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.8km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.6m/5.9km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 4.0m/6.5km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.7m/7.6km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1840 1934
Frederick Pit Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Garden Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 2.5m/4.1km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit Craghead 3.0m/4.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
George Pit Lumley 3.3m/5.3km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 1.1m/1.8km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.1m/5.0km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.7m/4.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 2.0m/3.3km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.9m/3.1km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.0m/4.9km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Haugh Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.5km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 2.6m/4.2km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 2.6m/4.2km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 4.4m/7.1km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.7km 1874 Dec 1985
Hill Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 3.0m/4.9km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 3.3m/5.4km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 3.3m/5.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 4.7m/7.6km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.8m/7.7km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.4km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Jane Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Joliffe Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Judith Pit Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.8m/7.7km  31 Oct 1975
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.7m/4.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.6m/4.3km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.3m/5.4km 1873 04 Nov 1967
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Knott Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km 1790 
Lamb Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.5km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 3.5m/5.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 3.4m/5.5km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Lane Pit Harraton 2.9m/4.7km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.8m/7.7km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Little Pit Washington 3.4m/5.5km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.8m/7.7km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.5m/7.2km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.8m/3.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 3.0m/4.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.9m/4.7km  
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.7km  1930's
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.8m/7.8km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.5m/7.3km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.8m/7.7km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.6km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Mary Pit Newbottle 4.0m/6.5km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.6m/7.5km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 2.5m/4.0km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.0m/4.8km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.0m/6.4km  
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.8m/7.8km  
Morrowedge Quarry  4.6m/7.5km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.3m/7.0km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 2.2m/3.6km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 1.9m/3.1km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 3.6m/5.8km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.7km 1874 Dec 1985
New Pit Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.3m/7.0km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 1.1m/1.8km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.6m/7.5km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 2.6m/4.3km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.8m/7.7km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Old Engine Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Old Pit Durham 4.5m/7.3km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 3.5m/5.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1805 
Oxhill Pit Stanley 4.9m/7.9km  
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.5m/5.7km  
Pea Flat Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.9m/7.9km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 2.2m/3.6km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 0.7m/1.2km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 0.6m/1.1km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.5m/5.7km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 4.9m/7.9km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.7km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  3.7m/6.0km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.2m/6.8km  
Quarry Pit Springwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.6m/7.5km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.6m/7.5km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.5m/5.6km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.0m/3.3km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.6m/5.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 0.4m/0.7km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.1m/6.6km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 1.5m/2.4km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.8m/4.5km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.2km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.4m/3.9km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.3m/5.4km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Scrog Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.6km  
Second Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.5km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.5m/5.6km 1845 May 1947
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 2.2m/3.6km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.9m/3.1km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.9km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 1.9m/3.1km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 1.6m/2.7km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 1.6m/2.7km  08 Feb 1922
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.2m/6.8km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 2.8m/4.5km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 0.3m/0.6km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 3.0m/4.8km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Success Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 3.9m/6.3km  1956
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.8m/7.8km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 4.7m/7.6km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.5m/7.3km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 1.6m/2.6km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 2.0m/3.2km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 2.5m/4.1km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 2.0m/3.3km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 2.3m/3.8km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 2.8m/4.5km  30 Nov 1920
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 1.1m/1.9km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.8m/3.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 3.5m/5.6km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 1.6m/2.6km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 4.6m/7.5km  22 Jul 1949
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 2.2m/3.6km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 3.9m/6.3km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 2.5m/4.1km  
Way Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km  30 Nov 1920
Wellington Pit Usworth 4.8m/7.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 2.0m/3.2km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.5m/7.3km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.5km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.6m/5.8km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 2.3m/3.8km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.6m/5.8km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 3.4m/5.5km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 5.0m/8.0km  25 Aug 1962
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.5m/5.7km  
Woodside Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.8m/4.5km  

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