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Tunnel Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22700 26700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tunnel Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Tunnel Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.1m/6.7km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 4.6m/7.5km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.5m/7.2km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 3.1m/5.1km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.6m/2.6km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.8m/3.0km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.1m/6.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.1m/6.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.6m/5.9km  
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.4m/7.1km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.3km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.4m/2.3km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.0m/6.5km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 0.8m/1.4km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 1.9m/3.1km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 1.9m/3.1km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 0.6m/1.0km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.1m/6.7km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.2m/3.6km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 3.5m/5.7km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
George Pit Etherley 3.2m/5.2km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Gurney Pit  1.2m/2.0km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 1.4m/2.3km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.4km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 0.5m/0.8km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.6km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 1.9m/3.1km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.3m/6.9km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.5m/2.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 2.1m/3.5km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.7m/4.4km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.7m/4.4km 1836 Oct 1967
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.7km  1946
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.1m/6.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.1m/5.1km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.4m/2.3km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.4m/7.1km  1930's
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km  
North Pit  1.1m/1.8km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.2m/3.6km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.9m/7.9km  
Park House Colliery  4.5m/7.3km  
Pasture Pit  1.4m/2.3km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.6km  
Pickering Quarry  4.8m/7.7km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 0.4m/0.7km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km 1836 Dec 1912
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.7m/7.6km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 0.2m/0.4km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.9m/1.5km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 0.3m/0.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 0.3m/0.5km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 0.7m/1.2km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.9m/1.5km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 3.4m/5.5km  Jul 1967
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.9m/7.9km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 5.0m/8.0km 1840 1932
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 4.1m/6.7km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 1.1m/1.8km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.8m/7.7km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.7m/7.6km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km 1869 Mar 1885
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.4m/7.1km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.5m/7.2km  
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 4.9m/7.9km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 5.0m/8.0km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.1m/6.7km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Tunnel Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Tunnel Drift

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