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Union Brick Works

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26552 55614

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Union Brick Works

Colliery Page   main page for Union Brick Works

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Ada Pit Heworth 3.2m/5.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Air Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 3.1m/5.1km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 3.1m/5.1km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.8m/6.1km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.4m/2.3km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.5m/7.3km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 1.4m/2.3km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 5.0m/8.0km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 1.5m/2.5km  
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.8m/6.2km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 2.9m/4.7km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.5m/5.7km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.1km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.1m/6.7km  
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1743 
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Betty Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 0.8m/1.3km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 2.8m/4.5km  
Billy Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.3m/5.3km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 0.9m/1.5km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 1.2m/2.0km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 4.5m/7.2km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brandling Main Felling 4.2m/6.8km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.3m/3.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Burns Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.0km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.2m/6.8km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.8m/7.8km  25 Aug 1962
Butney Pit Washington 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.9m/7.9km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 2.9m/4.7km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.2m/5.2km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Chance Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.0km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.8m/6.2km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.8m/6.2km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Quarry Heworth 2.9m/4.7km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Clog Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 3.9m/6.3km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 2.6m/4.2km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  Dec 1893
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.5m/5.6km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1746 
Dike Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.3km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.7km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km  1956
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.8km 1875 Dec 1947
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.6m/5.9km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.9m/4.7km  
Edge Pit Beamish 3.4m/5.5km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.4km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.4m/2.3km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.9m/7.9km  1956
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Emidy Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
Engine Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.0km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 4.5m/7.3km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 3.2m/5.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.1m/6.6km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 4.2m/6.8km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.0m/6.4km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.7m/7.6km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Fox Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 2.7m/4.4km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.3m/5.3km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.3m/6.9km  
George Pit Lamesley 1.7m/2.8km  
George Pit Craghead 4.1m/6.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Low Fell 2.5m/4.0km  
George Pit Lumley 4.9m/7.9km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.3m/3.8km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.3m/5.4km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 1.3m/2.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 2.6m/4.3km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Green Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 1.6m/2.6km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 2.6m/4.3km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 5.0m/8.0km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 1.9m/3.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Haugh Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 2.8m/4.6km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 2.8m/4.6km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 4.8m/7.8km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.9m/7.9km 1874 Dec 1985
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.2m/5.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 4.3m/7.0km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 3.8m/6.1km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.6m/7.5km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.8m/6.1km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 4.0m/6.5km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.5m/7.2km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 3.0m/4.9km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.4m/5.5km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Jane Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
John Pit Felling 4.1m/6.6km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 3.2m/5.2km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Judith Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.3km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 1.3m/2.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 1.0m/1.7km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 0.8m/1.3km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 2.3m/3.7km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 4.5m/7.3km 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.3m/7.0km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 4.5m/7.2km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 4.5m/7.2km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 4.5m/7.2km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 3.6m/5.8km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Landsale Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Lane Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.5km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Little Pit Washington 3.3m/5.4km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.9m/7.9km 1759 1964
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 3.9m/6.3km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.5m/2.4km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.1m/6.6km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.1m/6.7km  
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.6m/7.5km  1930's
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.8m/7.7km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.5km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.9km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Mary Pit Newbottle 4.8m/7.7km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.5km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.3m/5.3km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.3m/6.9km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 4.0m/6.5km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.9m/6.3km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.9m/7.9km 1874 Dec 1985
New Pit Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.7m/7.6km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.3m/3.8km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 1.8m/2.9km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.7km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 3.8m/6.1km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.3m/7.0km  
Old Engine Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.7m/7.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 0.5m/0.8km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.6m/5.9km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.0km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.5m/4.0km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.6m/5.9km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.9m/7.9km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Quarry Pit Springwell 2.3m/3.8km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.4m/2.3km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 0.1m/0.3km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 2.3m/3.7km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km 1872 28 May 1927
Rickleton Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 1.5m/2.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 2.1m/3.5km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Rush Pit Harraton 2.0m/3.2km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Second Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.9km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 4.7m/7.6km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 2.1m/3.4km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 2.6m/4.3km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.1km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.7m/6.0km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 0.6m/1.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 0.6m/1.1km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 2.0m/3.3km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 2.3m/3.7km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 2.2m/3.6km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km Bef. 1769 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 2.9m/4.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 2.1m/3.5km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.1m/6.6km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.3m/3.7km  
Street Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Success Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km  1956
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.8m/7.7km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.4m/2.3km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km  
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Thomas Pit Low Fell 2.7m/4.4km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.3m/5.4km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.9km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 3.2m/5.2km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.3m/5.3km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 0.4m/0.7km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.3km  30 Nov 1920
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 3.2m/5.2km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 1.5m/2.5km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.5m/2.4km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 1.5m/2.5km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 4.5m/7.2km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 3.3m/5.3km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.5m/5.7km 1831 Apr 1926
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.6m/7.5km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 0.9m/1.5km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.5m/4.1km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 2.7m/4.4km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.3km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.7m/6.0km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.4km  30 Nov 1920
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.5m/5.6km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.4km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 3.2m/5.2km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.6m/7.5km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.9m/6.3km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
White House Quarry Springwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 3.6m/5.9km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 4.5m/7.2km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Felling 3.9m/6.3km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 3.4m/5.5km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 3.2m/5.2km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.6km  

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