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Witton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23800 46100

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Witton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Witton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 3.3m/5.4km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 1.6m/2.7km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.8m/4.5km 1952 1955
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.8m/7.7km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Air Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1849 
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.7m/6.0km  Mar 1947
Alma Drift Grange Villa 3.4m/5.5km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 3.4m/5.5km 1858 
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.0m/4.9km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 2.7m/4.4km 1880s Sep 1949
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 1.6m/2.7km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 1.5m/2.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 1.6m/2.7km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 5.0m/8.0km 1836 Bef. 1872
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Boyne Colliery Durham 3.3m/5.4km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.7m/6.0km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.8m/6.1km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.8m/6.1km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.1m/6.7km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 2.9m/4.7km  
Broom Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.8m/6.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.4m/7.1km 1871 Jul 1938
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burns Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.6m/5.8km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.0m/3.2km 1875 Apr 1926
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 1.4m/2.3km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.5m/7.3km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.2km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 0.9m/1.5km  
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.7m/4.4km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.7m/4.4km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 5.0m/8.0km 1836 1872?
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.7m/6.0km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1957
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Craghead Colliery Craghead 3.1m/5.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 2.8m/4.5km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.5m/7.3km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 2.4m/3.9km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 2.5m/4.1km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 1.4m/2.3km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 2.8m/4.5km  1924
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.5m/7.3km  1933
Edge Pit Beamish 4.5m/7.3km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.8m/3.0km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 2.0m/3.3km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 3.5m/5.7km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 2.5m/4.1km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 5.0m/8.0km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.5m/5.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Fell Pit Burnhope 2.8m/4.6km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.6m/7.4km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.4m/5.5km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 0.2m/0.4km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 3.1m/5.0km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 3.7m/6.0km 1872 
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 2.0m/3.2km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 3.4m/5.5km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 5.0m/8.0km 1836 1872?
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.9m/6.3km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.3km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 4.2m/6.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 3.8m/6.1km 1841 1936
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.0m/6.5km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 3.3m/5.3km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 3.9m/6.3km 1868 1958
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.0m/6.5km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.0m/4.9km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 4.8m/7.7km  
Heugh Drift Esh 3.5m/5.7km  
High Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 2.1m/3.5km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.2km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 1.9m/3.1km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 1.7m/2.8km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 3.1m/5.1km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 3.1m/5.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 5.0m/8.0km 1817 
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 1.1m/1.8km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.5km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 1.5m/2.4km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 2.6m/4.2km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.4km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 1.8m/2.9km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 1.6m/2.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.9m/6.3km  Jan 1949
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.7m/7.6km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.8m/7.8km 1759 1964
Lound Groove Drift Esh 3.6m/5.8km  
Low Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 5.0m/8.0km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 2.1m/3.5km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Mary Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Durham 3.7m/6.0km  
Mary Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.1m/6.7km 1871 Dec 1950
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.3m/5.3km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1870 Dec 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.2km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.9m/6.3km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 2.1m/3.4km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 2.1m/3.5km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 2.6m/4.3km 1858 17 Jul 1953
New Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 3.8m/6.1km 1841 1936
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.2m/6.8km 1840 Dec 1950
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 4.3m/7.0km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 2.0m/3.2km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Oxhill Pit Stanley 5.0m/8.0km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.5m/5.7km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.6m/5.8km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 2.4m/3.9km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 2.3m/3.8km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.6m/7.4km 1816 
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 1.9m/3.1km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1952 Aug 1955
Rush Pit Etherley 5.0m/8.0km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 1.0m/1.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Second Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.7km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 5.0m/8.0km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 0.8m/1.4km 1845 May 1947
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.0m/6.5km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 2.6m/4.3km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 2.3m/3.8km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.1m/6.7km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.9m/6.3km  
Success Pit Etherley 5.0m/8.0km  
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.5m/7.3km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 3.9m/6.3km 1868 1958
Thomas Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.3km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 3.3m/5.4km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.9m/6.3km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 1.8m/2.9km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.6m/7.5km  
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 2.3m/3.8km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 2.5m/4.1km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 2.3m/3.8km  22 Jul 1949
Water Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 4.5m/7.2km 1859 Aug 1966
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 1.8m/3.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.4m/7.1km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.8m/3.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 3.3m/5.4km 1858 1921
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.3m/6.9km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whitehall Pit Pelton 3.0m/4.9km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.3m/6.9km  
William Pit Craghead 3.1m/5.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Witton Pit Sacriston 0.8m/1.3km  
Woodside Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.9m/7.9km  

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