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West Stanley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 21000 52500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Stanley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for West Stanley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Air Pit Beamish 0.6m/1.1km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.4km  
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 1.5m/2.4km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 1.5m/2.4km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 2.8m/4.6km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 1.3m/2.2km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.6m/5.9km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.0m/4.9km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.7km 1864 Jul 1980
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.6m/7.4km  
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.4km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.0m/6.5km  Apr 1966
Beamish Colliery Beamish 0.6m/1.1km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 1.2m/2.0km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.7km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  22 Jul 1949
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.5m/5.6km 1862 1932
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.0m/4.8km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.7m/7.6km 1913 May 1932
Bog Pit Pontop 3.4m/5.5km  
Brack Pit Kyo 2.8m/4.6km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.8km 1874 Mar 1929
Broom Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.2km  
Broom Pit Collierly 2.6m/4.3km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.2m/5.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 3.0m/4.8km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  
Busty Pit Craghead 1.1m/1.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.1km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 3.6m/5.9km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.6m/2.7km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 3.1m/5.1km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1857 
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 0.9m/1.5km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 0.6m/1.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.3m/5.4km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.0m/6.5km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.0m/6.5km 1889 Oct 1967
Conquest Pit Tantobie 2.9m/4.7km  Oct 1948
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.4m/7.1km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 1.1m/1.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.5km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1847 
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 2.8m/4.6km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 2.6m/4.3km  
Dike Pit Beamish 0.6m/1.0km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 3.5m/5.6km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  4.0m/6.4km  
Drift  3.9m/6.3km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  1930
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 0.3m/0.5km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 1.9m/3.1km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.2m/6.8km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 4.8m/7.8km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 0.5m/0.8km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 2.5m/4.0km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 1.1m/1.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km 1726 1973
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 2.3m/3.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.3km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.2km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 2.8m/4.5km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 0.9m/1.5km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 4.4m/7.1km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.2km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.5km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 0.8m/1.3km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.3m/7.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
George Pit Craghead 1.0m/1.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.2m/3.6km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Green Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km 1838 Jul 1957
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.4m/2.3km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 3.6m/5.8km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km 1839 
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.1km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 1.0m/1.7km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 3.1m/5.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 0.1m/0.3km  
Hive Pit Pontop 4.3m/6.9km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.1m/6.6km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.2m/5.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 1.1m/1.9km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 1.1m/1.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
Ice Pit Beamish 0.5m/0.8km  
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.9m/7.9km 1839 1892
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.1m/6.6km  31 Oct 1975
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.9km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.4m/5.5km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.6m/7.5km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.1m/6.6km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.3km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.2m/6.8km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Law Pit Lanchester 3.3m/5.4km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.7km  Jan 1949
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 3.1m/5.1km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.9m/6.3km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 3.4m/5.5km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 1.1m/1.8km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 4.0m/6.5km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.3m/3.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 4.0m/6.5km  Jul 1980
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 1.3m/2.1km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 0.6m/1.0km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.7km 1867 Jul 1980
May Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.2m/6.8km  
Moor Pit Pontop 3.0m/4.9km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  1.7m/2.8km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.1m/5.1km  
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 2.6m/4.3km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1839 27 Sep 1974
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.2m/3.6km 1841 1936
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.0m/4.9km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.1m/6.6km  
North Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 1.3m/2.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 3.4m/5.5km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 1.5m/2.5km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.3km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.7m/4.4km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.1m/5.0km  
Pike Pit Pontop 3.9m/6.3km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 3.0m/4.8km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.6km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 3.0m/4.8km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 3.0m/4.8km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 1.8m/3.0km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.8m/7.7km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.0m/6.5km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 2.7m/4.4km 1952 Aug 1955
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.2m/5.2km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Second Pit Beamish 0.8m/1.4km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.4m/5.5km 1845 May 1947
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.4m/2.3km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 0.8m/1.3km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.2km  May 1990
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.1m/6.7km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.2m/6.8km  08 Feb 1922
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.1m/6.6km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 1.8m/2.9km 1837 1915
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 3.3m/5.3km  
Spring Pits Pontop 4.2m/6.8km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 2.7m/4.4km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 3.8m/6.2km  
Street Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 2.8m/4.6km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.6m/5.9km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km 1768 Oct 1948
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 1.1m/1.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.2m/6.8km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 1.9m/3.1km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 1.5m/2.4km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 0.8m/1.3km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.9m/6.3km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.7m/6.0km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 2.5m/4.1km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 1.9m/3.1km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.5m/4.0km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.3m/3.8km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.0m/4.8km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  22 Jul 1949
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.7m/7.6km 1913 May 1932
Water Level Drift East Castle 3.8m/6.1km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  
Water Pit Beamish 1.1m/1.9km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.6m/7.4km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 2.5m/4.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 2.5m/4.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.6m/5.8km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 1.5m/2.4km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 1.3m/2.1km  10 Dec 1934
Whitehall Pit Pelton 1.5m/2.4km  
William Pit Craghead 1.1m/1.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.5km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 2.6m/4.3km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.7m/2.8km  25 Aug 1962
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.6m/7.5km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.3m/6.9km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.4m/5.5km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.9m/7.9km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.5m/7.2km  

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