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Stargate Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16100 63400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Stargate Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Stargate Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 3.5m/5.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 1.6m/2.7km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 0.6m/1.1km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.7m/7.6km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 4.5m/7.3km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 2.1m/3.5km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.5m/7.3km 1855 Mar 1929
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 2.0m/3.3km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 2.7m/4.4km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.6m/4.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.7m/4.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 1.3m/2.2km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.6m/4.2km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.5m/5.6km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 2.4m/3.9km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 2.4m/3.9km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 1.7m/2.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.6m/7.5km  
Bean Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.3m/5.4km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 0.7m/1.2km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 0.7m/1.2km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 3.1m/5.1km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 0.3m/0.6km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.9m/6.3km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 5.0m/8.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 4.0m/6.5km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 1.6m/2.7km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 0.6m/1.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 0.8m/1.3km  
Bog Pit Stella 0.3m/0.6km  
Brass Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.4km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 0.8m/1.3km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 4.5m/7.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 2.6m/4.2km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.2m/6.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Callerton Colliery Callerton 3.9m/6.3km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 3.9m/6.3km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.0m/4.8km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km  
Cat Pit Throckley 1.7m/2.8km  
Chance Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km 1756 
Charlotte Pit Benwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.0m/3.3km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.8m/4.5km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.4m/3.9km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 1.5m/2.4km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 3.5m/5.6km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 2.6m/4.3km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 0.6m/1.1km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.0m/3.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 1.8m/3.0km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 3.0m/4.8km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 3.0m/4.8km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.3km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Derwent Cote Quarry  4.6m/7.4km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.2m/3.6km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 1.6m/2.7km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  5.0m/8.0km bef. 1790 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
East Shaft Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  bef. 1922
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 2.8m/4.5km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 0.7m/1.2km  
Edward Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.5km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.8m/6.1km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.9m/7.9km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.7km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.3m/5.4km  
Fallow Pit  2.4m/3.9km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.7m/7.6km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 4.6m/7.5km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 2.0m/3.3km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 0.7m/1.2km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 2.7m/4.4km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 0.8m/1.3km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 2.4m/3.9km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 2.6m/4.2km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.1m/3.4km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 1.6m/2.6km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  3.2m/5.2km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.9m/4.7km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.0m/3.3km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 2.8m/4.5km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.2m/6.8km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km 1700's 
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 4.5m/7.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Humble Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
Humble Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
James Pit Prudhoe 3.5m/5.6km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.3km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 3.5m/5.7km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
John Shaft  4.6m/7.4km  
Kenton Colliery Kenton 4.5m/7.3km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 1.3m/2.2km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.8m/3.0km  1924
King Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
King Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.3km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.8m/4.5km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.6m/5.9km  
Lady Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.6km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.5km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.3km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.5m/7.3km 1855 Mar 1929
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.6m/7.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 3.3m/5.3km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.2km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.6m/7.5km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 0.8m/1.3km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.2m/3.6km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.3m/6.9km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 1.0m/1.7km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.0m/4.9km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.6m/7.5km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.5km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 4.2m/6.8km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km 1865 Feb 1960
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 3.1m/5.1km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 3.3m/5.4km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.8m/3.0km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 5.0m/8.0km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.2km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 0.8m/1.3km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.0m/6.5km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 4.3m/7.0km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.0km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 1.5m/2.4km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.6m/7.4km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.5m/5.6km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km 1756 
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Richard Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 2.1m/3.5km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.5km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Robert Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.8m/4.5km  
Rye Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Sally Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 3.5m/5.6km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 2.8m/4.6km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km 1865 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.8m/7.7km 1830's 1858
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 2.8m/4.6km 1950 Feb 1965
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 2.8m/4.5km 1920? Aug 1940
Taylor Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Thistle Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 2.0m/3.3km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 2.5m/4.1km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 2.8m/4.5km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 1.5m/2.5km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 2.3m/3.8km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.4m/3.9km  
Tilley Pit  2.6m/4.2km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.8m/7.7km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.6m/7.5km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 2.5m/4.1km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 1.0m/1.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 2.6m/4.3km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 0.8m/1.3km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 3.5m/5.6km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 3.0m/4.9km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.3m/7.0km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 2.6m/4.3km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.0m/6.5km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 1.8m/3.0km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 1.8m/2.9km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.9m/4.7km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 3.6m/5.9km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 3.6m/5.9km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Whin Pit Thockley 2.7m/4.4km  
William Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.8km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 3.0m/4.9km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.7m/4.4km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.6m/7.4km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.3m/3.8km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.8m/3.0km  1924
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.9km  

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