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Upper Heworth Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28345 60546

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Upper Heworth Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Upper Heworth Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.2m/6.8km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Ada Pit Heworth 0.0m/0.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Alfred Pit Jarrow 4.2m/6.8km 1803 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 2.5m/4.0km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.9m/6.3km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.7m/7.6km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 0.5m/0.9km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 3.1m/5.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.9m/6.3km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.6m/7.4km 1766 
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.3m/5.3km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Billet Pit Elswick 4.0m/6.4km  
Billy Pit Biddick 4.5m/7.3km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.7m/7.6km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 3.0m/4.9km 1913 May 1932
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 4.1m/6.6km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 4.1m/6.6km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.6km  
Brandling Main Felling 1.2m/2.0km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.7m/7.6km  
Butney Pit Washington 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 1.2m/2.0km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Chance Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.7m/7.6km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1765 
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.6m/7.5km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.6m/7.5km 1680 
Church Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 0.7m/1.2km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 1.8m/3.0km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.2m/5.2km  
Clog Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 0.7m/1.2km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.4m/7.1km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 1.6m/2.6km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 5.0m/8.0km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 5.0m/8.0km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.6m/4.3km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.9m/4.7km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 1.8m/3.0km bef. 1746 
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 1.3m/2.1km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 3.6m/5.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 3.6m/5.8km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 4.2m/6.8km 1803 
East Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 1.1m/1.9km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1782 
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.5km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.1m/6.7km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.3m/7.0km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Engine Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 3.3m/5.3km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 0.0m/0.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.5m/2.5km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 3.0m/4.9km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 4.1m/6.6km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 1.2m/2.0km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 1.1m/1.8km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 1.6m/2.7km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km 1736 
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.6m/7.5km  
George Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
George Pit Low Fell 1.9m/3.1km  
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.8m/7.8km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.6m/5.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.0m/4.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.1m/5.0km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km  
Green Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 3.7m/6.0km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Haugh Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.5m/5.7km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.6m/7.5km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.3m/5.4km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 0.5m/0.9km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 0.0m/0.1km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 1.1m/1.8km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 0.5m/0.9km  
High Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.4km 1806 
Hill Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 0.9m/1.5km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 1.0m/1.6km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 4.7m/7.6km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 4.3m/7.0km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.2km  
John Pit Felling 1.1m/1.9km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 0.0m/0.0km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Judith Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.6m/5.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.3km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
King Pit Walker 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km  
Lady Pit Dunston 3.1m/5.0km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Lambton Pit Penshaw 5.0m/8.0km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Lane Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.6m/4.3km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Little Pit Washington 4.5m/7.3km 1894 Mar 1935
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 0.6m/1.1km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.4km 1806 
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.5m/7.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.2km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 5.0m/8.0km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 2.3m/3.8km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 2.6m/4.2km  15 May 1925
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
New Pit Howden 4.7m/7.6km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.5m/2.5km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 3.1m/5.1km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.3km  
North Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.8m/4.5km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 3.1m/5.0km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km  
Old Engine Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 5.0m/8.0km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 3.9m/6.3km 1819 1848
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.6km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 5.0m/8.0km  
Quarry Pit Springwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 2.2m/3.6km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.1m/5.1km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.8m/6.2km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 1.9m/3.1km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 2.0m/3.2km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.0m/3.3km Bef. 1769 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  18 May 1929
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.7m/6.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Rush Pit Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1782 
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.0m/3.2km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.0m/3.3km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.6km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.5m/5.6km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 3.5m/5.6km  08 Feb 1922
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.1m/6.7km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 1.0m/1.7km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 1.1m/1.8km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 1.5m/2.5km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km 1833 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.6m/7.4km  
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.8m/1.4km  
Street Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Success Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 4.3m/7.0km 1803 
Thomas Pit Low Fell 1.9m/3.1km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.5m/7.3km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 2.8m/4.5km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 2.6m/4.2km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.2m/5.2km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.1m/5.0km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.7m/7.6km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.5m/7.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 1.3m/2.2km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.4km 1806 
Victoria Pit Washington 4.3m/7.0km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 1.6m/2.6km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 3.0m/4.9km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.2m/3.6km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.1km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.8m/6.1km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.9m/6.3km 1819 1848
Whin Pit Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  
White House Quarry Springwell 0.5m/0.8km  
William Pit Benwell 4.3m/6.9km  
William Pit Felling 1.1m/1.9km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.6m/2.7km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 0.2m/0.4km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 4.6m/7.4km 1806 
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 0.3m/0.6km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.4m/5.5km  

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