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Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 17500 66400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.7m/7.6km 1842 
A Pit Greenside 3.6m/5.8km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 2.4m/3.9km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 1.3m/2.2km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Ann Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 2.5m/4.0km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 3.0m/4.9km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.1m/6.6km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.3m/7.0km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 3.7m/6.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 3.3m/5.3km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 3.3m/5.3km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 3.7m/6.0km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.9m/7.9km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.3m/6.9km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.3m/6.9km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.8m/6.1km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.7m/7.6km  
Bean Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.0m/4.8km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.9km 1819 1848
Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.0m/4.8km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 2.4m/3.9km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 2.4m/3.9km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 1.1m/1.8km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 2.0m/3.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.6m/5.9km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.5m/4.0km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 2.5m/4.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  
Bog Pit Stella 2.0m/3.2km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.9m/7.9km  
Brass Pit Throckley 1.8m/2.9km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.8m/4.6km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.6m/7.5km 11 Sep 1869 
Callerton Colliery Callerton 2.1m/3.5km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 2.2m/3.6km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 1.7m/2.8km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.5km  
Cat Pit Throckley 1.2m/2.0km  
Chance Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.6km 1756 
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 2.8m/4.6km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.7m/4.4km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.8m/6.1km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Content Pit Blaydon 2.5m/4.1km  Mar 1921
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 0.6m/1.0km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 2.5m/4.1km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 3.3m/5.3km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 3.5m/5.6km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 2.7m/4.4km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.6m/2.7km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.3m/7.0km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 0.4m/0.7km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.5km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.5km 1875 Dec 1947
East Walbottle Colliery Dinnington Village 4.6m/7.5km  29 Oct 1966
Edith Pit Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 2.1m/3.5km  
Edward Pit Benwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.5m/5.7km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.4m/5.5km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.2m/5.2km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 2.4m/3.9km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
Fallow Pit  4.4m/7.1km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.8m/7.7km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 3.6m/5.9km 1810 
Fence Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.5km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.9m/6.3km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.7m/4.4km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 1.3m/2.1km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 1.9m/3.1km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 1.0m/1.6km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.6m/7.5km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.0m/6.5km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 0.9m/1.5km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.5m/5.7km  23 Jul 1966
Haugh Pit Wylam 3.9m/6.3km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 4.2m/6.8km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  Mar 1921
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 4.6m/7.4km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Hester Pit Wide Open 5.0m/8.0km  Feb 1960
Hill Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.2km 1700's 
Hopewell Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Humble Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Humble Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.4km  
James Pit Prudhoe 4.6m/7.5km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.2km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 1.8m/2.9km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 1.7m/2.8km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.6m/7.5km  
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.0m/4.8km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.8m/4.5km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
King Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
King Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.4km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.6m/7.4km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Lady Pit Fenham 2.3m/3.8km  
Lady Pit Throckley 1.6m/2.7km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.0m/1.6km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.3km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 3.5m/5.6km 1771 Oct 1966
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 1.3m/2.2km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.1m/3.4km  
Margery Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 2.7m/4.4km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.4km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.6m/5.9km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 1.8m/3.0km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 1.8m/2.9km 1750 13 Nov 1959
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 3.0m/4.8km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 1.1m/1.8km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 4.2m/6.8km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.7m/7.6km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 3.6m/5.9km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 2.3m/3.7km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.1m/6.6km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 5.0m/8.0km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 0.9m/1.5km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 3.1m/5.0km 1771 Oct 1966
Primrose Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.6m/7.5km  
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 4.6m/7.4km 1892 Apr 1964
Quarry Pit Throckley 1.8m/2.9km 1756 
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Richard Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 2.2m/3.6km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 2.2m/3.6km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rigg Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.4km  
Robert Pit Throckley 1.4m/2.3km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km  
Rye Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Sally Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 2.4m/3.9km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 3.8m/6.1km 1830's 1858
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.4m/7.1km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 2.0m/3.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 3.1m/5.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Thistle Pit Throckley 1.8m/3.0km 1756 
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 0.8m/1.3km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 1.3m/2.1km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 1.2m/2.0km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Tilley Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 1.1m/1.9km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 2.4m/3.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.6m/7.4km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 2.4m/3.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 2.0m/3.3km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 2.4m/3.9km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.8m/7.8km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 0.6m/1.0km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 2.6m/4.2km  
View Pit Scotswood 1.8m/2.9km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 0.9m/1.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 1.3m/2.1km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 5.0m/8.0km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 0.6m/1.0km  
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.6m/5.9km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 1.8m/2.9km  
West Pit House Shaft  4.8m/7.7km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.8m/7.7km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.8m/7.7km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km  
Whin Pit Thockley 2.0m/3.2km  
William Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 4.9m/7.9km  1954
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.2m/6.8km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 3.7m/6.0km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.2m/6.8km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 1.3m/2.2km  1924

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