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Wardley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 30525 62003

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wardley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Wardley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.3m/7.0km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.3m/5.3km  
Ada Pit Heworth 1.5m/2.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Alfred Pit Jarrow 2.6m/4.2km 1803 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 1.7m/2.8km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.3m/6.9km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.5km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.4m/7.1km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 5.0m/8.0km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1760 
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.8km 1862 1932
Bigge Pit Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.3m/5.3km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 4.9m/7.9km 1921 1925
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.2m/6.8km 1913 May 1932
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 2.6m/4.2km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 2.6m/4.2km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Brandling Main Felling 1.8m/3.0km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.6m/7.5km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Shields 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Butney Pit Washington 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.3m/3.8km  
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.4m/7.1km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Chance Pit North Shields 4.4m/7.1km 1811 
Chance Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.6m/5.9km  
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.1km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 5.0m/8.0km  
Chirton Pit North Shields 4.4m/7.1km 1811 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 4.5m/7.3km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 4.5m/7.3km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 2.3m/3.8km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 2.8m/4.5km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Collingwood Main Colliery North Shields 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 1.4m/2.3km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.8m/4.5km  Dec 1893
Delight Pit Byker 2.7m/4.4km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.5km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1746 
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 2.9m/4.7km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.7km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 2.6m/4.2km 1803 
East Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.5km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.7m/4.4km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 4.0m/6.4km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1828 
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.0km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 1.5m/2.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.3m/7.0km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.7km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 1.8m/3.0km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.0m/3.2km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 4.5m/7.2km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 3.8m/6.2km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 0.0m/0.1km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Ford Quarry Sunderland 4.6m/7.4km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km 1736 
Frederick Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.4m/3.9km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
George Pit Low Fell 3.5m/5.7km  
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.5m/5.7km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.0km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 2.8m/4.5km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.7m/7.6km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 3.6m/5.9km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 2.1m/3.4km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.7m/7.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.5m/2.5km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 1.0m/1.6km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 1.3m/2.1km  
High Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Hill Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 1.6m/2.6km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 2.5m/4.0km  
Hopewell Pit North Shields 4.5m/7.2km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 3.6m/5.9km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 3.1m/5.0km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.4m/7.1km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 4.5m/7.2km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 2.7m/4.4km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
John Pit Felling 2.0m/3.2km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Judith Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.9m/7.9km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
King Pit Walker 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km  
Lady Pit Dunston 4.4m/7.1km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Lane Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.7m/4.4km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Little Pit Washington 5.0m/8.0km 1894 Mar 1935
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 1.2m/2.0km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.1km 1805 1825
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.8m/7.8km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 4.1m/6.7km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 0.6m/1.1km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 0.9m/1.5km  15 May 1925
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
New Pit Howden 3.1m/5.1km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.0m/6.5km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.1m/6.7km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.4m/7.1km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.0m/4.9km  
Old Pit North Shields 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1805 
Paradise Colliery Benwell 5.0m/8.0km 1819 1848
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 3.6m/5.9km  
Percy Pit North Shields 3.6m/5.9km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 5.0m/8.0km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 5.0m/8.0km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 4.8m/7.7km 1906 Dec 1960
Quarry Pit Springwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.5m/7.3km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 0.4m/0.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 0.3m/0.6km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.8m/6.1km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.7m/2.8km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.4km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Rush Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.4km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.5m/4.1km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shields Colliery Chirton 5.0m/8.0km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.8m/7.7km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.7km  08 Feb 1922
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.7m/7.6km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 2.3m/3.7km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 2.4m/3.9km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 1.3m/2.1km Bef. 1769 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 4.5m/7.3km 1810 1940
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km  
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 2.7m/4.4km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.1km 1805 1825
Thistley Hall Quarry Sunderland 4.8m/7.7km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 3.5m/5.7km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.4m/3.9km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 4.6m/7.5km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.6m/7.4km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Usworth Colliery Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 1.6m/2.6km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Victoria Pit Washington 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.2m/6.8km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.8m/4.6km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Way Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 5.0m/8.0km 1819 1848
West Chirton Pit North Shields 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Whin Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
White House Quarry Springwell 2.0m/3.3km  
William Pit Felling 2.1m/3.5km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.2km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km  

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