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South Birtley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27417 54931

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for South Birtley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Ada Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Air Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.4km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 3.2m/5.2km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 3.2m/5.2km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.5m/7.2km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 4.9m/7.9km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.4m/7.1km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 1.0m/1.6km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.5m/7.3km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 3.3m/5.4km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.0m/6.4km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.6m/5.9km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.8m/7.8km  
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1743 
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Betty Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 1.5m/2.4km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 2.1m/3.4km  
Billy Pit Harraton 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.0m/6.4km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 0.5m/0.9km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.4km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 3.7m/6.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brandling Main Felling 4.6m/7.5km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.2m/3.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Burns Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 4.6m/7.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.8km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 3.9m/6.3km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 4.2m/6.8km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 3.3m/5.3km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Chance Pit Harraton 1.8m/2.9km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 1.8m/2.9km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 2.3m/3.8km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 2.3m/3.8km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.4m/5.5km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.4m/5.5km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Quarry Heworth 3.3m/5.4km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Clog Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 4.8m/7.8km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  Apr 1957
Corn Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.6m/7.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.2m/6.8km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 1.9m/3.1km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  Dec 1893
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.3m/5.4km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1746 
Dike Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.9km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 3.1m/5.1km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.0m/6.5km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 1.6m/2.6km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.0m/6.5km  1956
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.0m/6.4km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 5.0m/8.0km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 3.3m/5.4km  
Edge Pit Beamish 3.7m/6.0km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.3km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.6m/7.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.7km  1956
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Ellison's Shaft  4.5m/7.3km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
Engine Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.8km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.7m/7.6km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 2.1m/3.4km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 4.6m/7.5km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.4m/7.1km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 5.0m/8.0km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.7km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Harraton 1.6m/2.7km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.3m/5.3km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.3km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.5m/5.7km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 5.0m/8.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
George Pit Craghead 4.3m/6.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 3.1m/5.0km  
George Pit Lumley 4.2m/6.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.3m/3.8km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 2.6m/4.3km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.2m/3.6km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  2.0m/3.2km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km  
Green Pit Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 0.9m/1.5km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 2.9m/4.7km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.4m/7.1km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Haugh Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 2.1m/3.4km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 2.1m/3.4km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.2m/6.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 4.0m/6.5km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.5m/5.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 4.6m/7.4km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 4.0m/6.5km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.7km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.7m/7.6km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 4.4m/7.1km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.6m/7.5km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.6m/7.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.5m/5.6km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 4.8m/7.8km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.8m/7.8km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.8m/7.7km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  2.1m/3.5km  
Jane Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
John Pit Felling 4.5m/7.3km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Judith Pit Harraton 1.5m/2.4km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.0m/3.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 1.8m/2.9km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 1.5m/2.4km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 2.6m/4.3km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 3.8m/6.2km 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 5.0m/8.0km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 3.7m/6.0km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 3.7m/6.0km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 3.7m/6.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 2.9m/4.7km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Lane Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.3km  
Little Pit Washington 2.6m/4.3km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 4.1m/6.7km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.9m/3.1km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 3.4m/5.5km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 3.5m/5.6km  
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.0m/6.4km  1930's
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Mary Pit Newbottle 4.0m/6.5km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.1m/6.6km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 2.6m/4.2km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 3.6m/5.8km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.0m/6.5km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.9m/6.3km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 3.1m/5.0km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.2m/6.8km 1874 Dec 1985
New Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.0m/6.5km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.3m/3.8km 1841 1936
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 1.2m/2.0km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.4m/7.1km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 5.0m/8.0km  
Old Engine Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.8m/7.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 0.5m/0.8km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.0m/4.8km  
Pea Flat Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 1.4m/2.3km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.8km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.3m/3.7km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.0m/4.8km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.2m/6.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.9m/7.9km  
Quarry Pit Springwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 0.5m/0.9km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.8m/7.8km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 5.0m/8.0km  
Rickleton Pit Harraton 1.4m/2.3km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.1m/3.5km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 1.4m/2.3km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Rush Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.2km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Second Pit Beamish 3.4m/5.5km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 1.4m/2.3km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 2.9m/4.7km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.8km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.6m/5.8km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 0.0m/0.1km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 1.6m/2.7km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 2.5m/4.0km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 2.2m/3.6km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 2.0m/3.2km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 3.4m/5.5km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.6m/4.3km  
Street Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Success Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 3.8m/6.1km  1956
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.6m/7.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 3.3m/5.4km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.0m/6.5km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.9km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 3.3m/5.4km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.5m/5.7km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 0.6m/1.1km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 1.1m/1.9km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.2km  30 Nov 1920
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 1.7m/2.8km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.9m/3.1km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.3m/5.3km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 4.8m/7.8km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 2.6m/4.3km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.3m/5.3km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.3m/5.4km 1831 Apr 1926
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.8m/7.7km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 0.5m/0.9km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.0m/3.3km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.3m/3.7km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 2.3m/3.7km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.5m/7.2km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.3km  30 Nov 1920
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.3m/5.3km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.3km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 3.3m/5.4km 1858 1921
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.2m/6.8km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.1m/5.0km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 3.7m/6.0km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.1m/5.0km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 3.8m/6.1km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 4.4m/7.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Felling 4.3m/7.0km 1779 1931
Willie Pit Heworth 3.7m/6.0km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 3.4m/5.5km  

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