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St. Helen's Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19600 27000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of St. Helen's Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for St. Helen's Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.9m/7.9km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1830 1939
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 3.9m/6.3km  07 Feb 1925
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 4.1m/6.7km 1885 1895
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 2.4m/3.9km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.1m/5.1km  Apr 1927
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.0m/6.4km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 1.0m/1.6km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.8m/4.6km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.6m/4.2km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.6m/4.2km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 3.8m/6.1km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 3.7m/6.0km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 3.9m/6.3km  
Dean Colliery  4.2m/6.8km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  
Drift Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km  
Drift Evenwood 3.8m/6.2km  
Drift Evenwood 4.0m/6.5km  
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.7m/7.6km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.4m/5.5km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 2.7m/4.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 3.3m/5.4km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 4.0m/6.5km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.6km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 0.6m/1.0km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.9km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 3.1m/5.1km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 1.8m/3.0km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.5km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 2.0m/3.3km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  
George Pit Etherley 1.8m/3.0km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1841 
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 4.3m/7.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gurney Pit  2.8m/4.5km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  Sep 1955
Hall Pit Cockfield 4.3m/7.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  03 Nov 1934
Harry Pit Shildon 2.7m/4.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  21 May 1926
High House Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.8m/4.5km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.8m/6.2km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 0.9m/1.5km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 4.0m/6.5km 1879 
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 4.0m/6.5km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 4.0m/6.5km 1836 Oct 1967
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 3.8m/6.1km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.9m/6.3km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 3.0m/4.8km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 4.8m/7.8km  25 Feb 1911
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 4.3m/7.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.5m/5.7km  
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.3km  02 Dec 1936
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.6km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.7m/6.0km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km 1845 1966
North Pit  2.0m/3.3km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 2.7m/4.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 4.0m/6.5km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  3.3m/5.4km  
Park House Colliery  3.0m/4.8km  
Pasture Pit  2.2m/3.6km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 3.8m/6.2km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 3.2m/5.2km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  Sep 1955
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 2.7m/4.4km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 3.1m/5.1km 1836 Dec 1912
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.1m/6.6km 1858 1931
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 5.0m/8.0km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.5m/4.0km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 2.7m/4.4km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 3.1m/5.1km  Apr 1927
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.5m/4.0km 1929 Aug 1958
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 1.8m/2.9km  Jul 1967
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 4.4m/7.1km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 3.6m/5.9km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 3.3m/5.4km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.2km 1840 1932
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.8km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 2.9m/4.7km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 2.8m/4.6km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.7km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.6m/7.5km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.9m/3.1km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.3m/5.4km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.7m/6.0km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.8m/6.1km  
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 3.0m/4.8km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.8m/4.6km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.2km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.8m/4.6km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.7m/1.2km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of St. Helen's Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for St. Helen's Colliery

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