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Springwell Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28535 58868

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Springwell Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Springwell Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Ada Pit Heworth 1.0m/1.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Alfred Pit Jarrow 5.0m/8.0km 1803 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.5m/5.7km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 2.4m/3.9km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.7km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 1.1m/1.8km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.6m/5.8km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.6m/7.4km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1743 
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.1km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billet Pit Elswick 4.6m/7.4km  
Billy Pit Biddick 3.5m/5.6km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.5m/7.2km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 2.0m/3.2km 1913 May 1932
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 4.4m/7.1km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 4.4m/7.1km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.8m/2.9km  
Brandling Main Felling 2.3m/3.7km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.6m/7.5km 1867 Feb 1965
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km  Feb 1965
Butney Pit Washington 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.4km  
Chance Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.3km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1765 
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km 1680 
Church Pit Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 1.2m/2.0km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km  
Clog Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 1.8m/2.9km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 3.4m/5.5km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.4m/3.9km  Dec 1893
Delight Pit Byker 3.7m/6.0km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1746 
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 1.5m/2.5km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.1km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 5.0m/8.0km 1803 
East Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 1.5m/2.5km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1782 
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.8km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Engine Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 1.0m/1.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.2km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 3.5m/5.6km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.0km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.3m/3.7km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.1m/3.4km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 2.3m/3.8km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Ford Quarry Sunderland 4.8m/7.8km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km 1736 
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 1.8m/3.0km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 3.2m/5.2km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
George Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
George Pit Low Fell 2.0m/3.2km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.7m/7.6km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.8m/6.2km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.0m/3.3km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 0.5m/0.8km  
Green Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 2.6m/4.3km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 5.0m/8.0km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Haugh Pit  3.6m/5.9km  
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.7m/7.6km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.2km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 4.4m/7.1km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.6m/5.8km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.6m/5.8km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.0m/1.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.4km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 0.9m/1.5km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.0m/3.2km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 1.5m/2.4km  
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 4.5m/7.3km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.8km  
John Pit Felling 2.2m/3.6km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 1.0m/1.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Judith Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.6m/4.3km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
King Pit Walker 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 0.5m/0.9km  
Lady Pit Dunston 3.6m/5.9km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
Lane Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.1km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.7m/6.0km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Little Pit Washington 3.5m/5.7km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 1.7m/2.8km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.7m/6.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.8km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.6m/7.4km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.0m/4.8km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.3m/5.3km  15 May 1925
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 0.7m/1.2km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.4km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
New D Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.6km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.7m/7.6km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.2km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 2.1m/3.4km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.2m/5.2km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 3.6m/5.9km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
Old Engine Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 4.6m/7.4km 1819 1848
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.8m/7.7km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Quarry Pit Springwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.3m/2.1km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.2m/3.6km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.6m/4.3km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 2.5m/4.0km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 2.6m/4.2km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.1m/5.0km Bef. 1769 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.8km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.1m/5.1km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 3.2m/5.2km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.3km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1782 
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.0m/4.8km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 5.0m/8.0km  01 Mar 1968
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.5m/4.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.0km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 0.7m/1.2km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Quarry Springwell 0.0m/0.1km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.2km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.4km 1833 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 3.5m/5.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.5m/0.9km  
Street Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Success Pit  3.5m/5.7km  
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.1m/3.4km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 3.3m/5.4km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 2.3m/3.7km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 2.3m/3.7km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.0m/1.7km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 3.9m/6.3km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.7m/6.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 1.8m/3.0km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 0.7m/1.2km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 2.4m/3.9km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 3.4m/5.5km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 1.8m/3.0km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 2.3m/3.7km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 2.0m/3.2km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 1.3m/2.2km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 2.2m/3.6km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.9m/6.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 1.8m/3.0km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.6m/7.4km 1819 1848
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
White House Quarry Springwell 1.1m/1.9km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.6km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.6km 1830 
William Pit Benwell 4.9m/7.9km  
William Pit Felling 2.1m/3.4km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 1.0m/1.7km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.1m/6.6km  

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