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Springwell Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28400 58700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Springwell Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Springwell Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Ada Pit Heworth 1.1m/1.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 5.0m/8.0km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.2m/2.0km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.6m/5.8km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 2.2m/3.6km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 1.1m/1.8km  
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 5.0m/8.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.5m/5.7km  
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 1.6m/2.7km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.0km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billet Pit Elswick 4.6m/7.4km  
Billy Pit Biddick 3.5m/5.6km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.4m/7.1km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 1.9m/3.1km 1913 May 1932
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 4.5m/7.2km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 4.5m/7.2km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.7m/2.8km  
Brandling Main Felling 2.3m/3.8km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.5m/7.3km 1867 Feb 1965
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.7m/7.6km  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/1.3km  
Chance Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.2m/5.2km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1765 
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.8km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.8km 1680 
Church Quarry Heworth 1.2m/2.0km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Clog Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 1.8m/3.0km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 3.3m/5.4km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km  Dec 1893
Delight Pit Byker 3.8m/6.1km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
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/5.8km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.6km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 1.5m/2.5km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.2m/2.0km 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/1.6km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Engine Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.7m/7.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 1.1m/1.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 3.5m/5.6km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.0km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 2.3m/3.8km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.1m/3.4km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 2.4m/3.9km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Ford Quarry Sunderland 4.9m/7.9km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km 1736 
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 1.9m/3.1km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.1km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
George Pit Low Fell 2.0m/3.2km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.6m/7.5km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.8m/6.1km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.0m/3.3km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Green Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 2.6m/4.2km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.9m/7.9km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Haugh Pit  3.6m/5.9km  
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 4.5m/7.2km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.5m/5.7km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.5m/5.7km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.2km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.1m/1.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.5km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.4km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.0m/3.3km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 1.5m/2.4km  
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 4.6m/7.4km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  
John Pit Felling 2.2m/3.6km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 1.1m/1.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Judith Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.7km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.1km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km  
King Pit Walker 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 0.5m/0.9km  
Lady Pit Dunston 3.6m/5.9km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 0.9m/1.5km  
Lane Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.1km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.8m/6.1km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Little Pit Washington 3.5m/5.7km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.9m/7.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 1.8m/2.9km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.6m/5.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.9m/7.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.7km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.6m/7.4km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.1m/5.0km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.3m/5.4km  15 May 1925
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 0.6m/1.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
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 4.6m/7.5km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 2.0m/3.3km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.9m/7.9km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.1m/5.1km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 3.6m/5.9km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km  
Old Engine Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 2.6m/4.2km 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/4.8km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.7m/7.6km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.7m/7.6km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Quarry Pit Springwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.2m/2.0km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.1m/3.4km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.4m/5.5km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.1m/6.6km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 2.5m/4.1km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 2.6m/4.3km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km Bef. 1769 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.1km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 0.3m/0.5km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.6m/4.2km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.8km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.0m/4.8km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.8km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.9m/7.9km  01 Mar 1968
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.4m/3.9km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 2.4m/3.9km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.1m/6.7km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.0km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 0.6m/1.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 0.0m/0.1km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km 1833 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 3.5m/5.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.3m/7.0km  
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.5m/0.9km  
Street Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Success Pit  3.5m/5.7km  
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.2m/2.0km 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/6.9km  
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 2.2m/3.6km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 2.2m/3.6km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.1m/1.8km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 3.8m/6.1km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.6m/5.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 1.9m/3.1km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 0.6m/1.1km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 2.5m/4.0km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 3.4m/5.5km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 1.9m/3.1km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 2.4m/3.9km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 1.9m/3.1km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 1.6m/2.6km 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 4.7m/7.6km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.9m/6.3km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 1.9m/3.1km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.6m/7.4km 1819 1848
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.1km  
White House Quarry Springwell 1.2m/2.0km  
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 2.8m/4.5km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 1.3m/2.2km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 1.2m/2.0km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 1.1m/1.8km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.1m/6.6km  

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