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  Windlestone Colliery  Index  Windlestone Colliery  
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Windlestone Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28800 29700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Windlestone Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Windlestone Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1830 1925
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 4.8m/7.7km  
Annie Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 4.6m/7.5km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.7m/7.6km  
Bells Pit Coxhoe 4.8m/7.8km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km 1855 1908
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 3.1m/5.0km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 3.1m/5.0km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 1.7m/2.8km 1925 1930
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 4.9m/7.9km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.6m/7.5km  bef. 1894
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.6m/7.4km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.6m/7.4km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.5m/7.3km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.1m/5.0km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 0.8m/1.4km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 1.3m/2.2km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.9m/7.9km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 3.8m/6.2km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 3.5m/5.7km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.7m/6.0km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.7m/6.0km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 4.9m/7.9km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 4.9m/7.9km  
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.8m/7.7km 1876 1934
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 2.1m/3.4km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 2.6m/4.2km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Fishburn Coking Plant Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.6m/7.5km  
Fishburn Colliery Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.6m/7.5km 1910 30 Nov 1973
Furnace Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1864 1937
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 4.3m/7.0km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 4.8m/7.7km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 5.0m/8.0km  
George Pit Cornforth 3.8m/6.2km  
Gurney Pit  3.1m/5.0km 1830 1939
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 4.6m/7.5km  
Harry Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Hett Colliery Hett 4.5m/7.2km  
Coal Drift Hett 4.6m/7.4km  
Coal Shaft Hett 4.7m/7.6km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 4.7m/7.6km  
High Pit Ferryhill 1.8m/2.9km  
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  1925
Jane Pit West Cornforth 2.8m/4.5km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.5m/5.6km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 2.8m/4.5km 1829 Jul 1932
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.2m/3.6km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 1.3m/2.2km  1865
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 1.6m/2.6km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit West Cornforth 2.8m/4.6km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.3km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 2.2m/3.6km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 3.3m/5.3km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.6m/7.4km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.2m/5.2km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.1m/5.0km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 3.2m/5.2km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.9m/7.9km 1949 Aug 1965
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km  
North Pit  3.9m/6.3km 1830 1939
Northern Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 3.6m/5.9km  
Pasture Pit  3.8m/6.1km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  2.1m/3.5km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1939 1958
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.3m/7.0km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km 1864 Sep 1935
Tennants Pit Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 3.9m/6.3km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.6m/7.5km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 2.8m/4.6km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 2.3m/3.8km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 2.8m/4.6km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 2.9m/4.7km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.2m/6.8km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.9m/6.3km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.1m/6.7km  
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 3.9m/6.3km 1854 1968
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 2.8m/4.6km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.9m/7.9km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km 1841 29 Jul 1974
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.3m/5.4km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Windlestone Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Windlestone Colliery

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