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Wooley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 17800 38500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wooley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Wooley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.5m/7.3km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.9m/7.9km  06 Apr 1984
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.1km  02 Jun 1928
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.6m/5.8km  Mar 1947
Arthur Pit Crook 2.0m/3.2km  
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 2.3m/3.7km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 2.3m/3.8km 1960 1974
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 1.6m/2.6km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1859 1967
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 2.8m/4.5km 1928 May 1935
Big Pit Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km 1860 01 May 1909
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 3.6m/5.9km 1846 1933
Blackfield Colliery Tow Law 4.0m/6.4km 1865 17 Sep 1928
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 4.3m/6.9km 1885 1895
Bolckow Pit Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
Bounder House Tow Law 4.7m/7.6km 1916 1933
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 4.6m/7.5km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.6m/2.6km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 1.3m/2.2km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 2.3m/3.8km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 2.3m/3.8km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 2.3m/3.8km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.2m/6.8km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.2m/6.8km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 2.5m/4.1km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 4.8m/7.7km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 3.0m/4.9km  1883
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.4m/7.1km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.2m/6.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.2m/6.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.5m/7.3km  
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 3.5m/5.6km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 3.4m/5.5km  
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 3.3m/5.4km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Coalford Quarry Satley 4.9m/7.9km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.0m/4.8km  28 Apr 1926
Colepike Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 4.8m/7.7km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 3.1m/5.1km 1868 Sep 1953
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  Jun 1923
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 1.7m/2.8km  
Crook Drift Crook 1.5m/2.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 3.0m/4.8km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 1.5m/2.4km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.6m/2.7km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edward Pit Tow Law 2.8m/4.6km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 1.8m/2.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.7km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 2.5m/4.1km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 3.7m/6.0km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 1.0m/1.6km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km  15 Nov 1985
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 3.7m/6.0km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 4.8m/7.7km 1868 Sep 1953
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.7km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 2.8m/4.5km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 3.5m/5.7km 1841 
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 3.8m/6.1km  
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 3.3m/5.3km  24 May 1907
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.8m/6.1km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 2.8m/4.6km 1868 1958
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.6m/5.8km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.6m/5.8km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.1km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.8m/2.9km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 2.8m/4.6km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 3.3m/5.3km  
Heugh Drift Esh 2.8m/4.6km  
High Drift Cornsay 3.1m/5.1km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 2.5m/4.1km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.0m/6.5km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.1m/6.6km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.3m/6.9km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 1.5m/2.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 3.5m/5.7km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  20 Aug 1921
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 4.1m/6.6km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.6m/5.8km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 0.5m/0.8km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 3.5m/5.6km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.8m/7.7km  Aug 1963
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.9m/7.9km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Little Pit Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.8m/7.7km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 5.0m/8.0km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 3.1m/5.1km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 3.1m/5.1km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 1.8m/2.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.0m/6.5km  1951
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.4m/7.1km 1830 1936
May Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.7km 1871 Dec 1950
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.2m/6.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.7km 1870 Dec 1950
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 3.7m/6.0km  
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.5m/5.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 3.5m/5.7km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 3.1m/5.1km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 0.5m/0.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.5m/5.7km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 3.1m/5.1km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 0.5m/0.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 3.1m/5.1km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.5m/5.7km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.6m/5.9km 1845 1966
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.8m/7.7km 1840 Dec 1950
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.5m/2.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 1.4m/2.3km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.6m/5.8km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 2.2m/3.6km 1983 
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 4.5m/7.3km  
Pease's West Colliery Crook 1.8m/2.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 4.0m/6.4km  
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 3.3m/5.4km  
Red House Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 1.8m/2.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.1m/6.6km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 3.1m/5.1km 1858 1931
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 3.5m/5.7km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.6m/4.3km  
Rush Pit Etherley 1.0m/1.6km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 2.4m/3.9km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.5m/5.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.6m/5.8km 1855 Jul 1931
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 0.5m/0.9km 1955 May 1968
Steeleyburn Quarry Satley 4.8m/7.8km  
Success Pit Etherley 1.0m/1.6km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 2.0m/3.3km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 2.9m/4.7km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 0.6m/1.0km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 0.3m/0.5km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 2.8m/4.6km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.5km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 3.3m/5.4km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.4m/5.5km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.9m/7.9km 1954 Feb 1965
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.6m/5.8km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 3.0m/4.9km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 1.6m/2.6km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 1.6m/2.6km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.5m/5.7km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.5m/5.6km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.8m/4.5km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.6km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 2.9m/4.7km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  Jun 1923
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.8km  
Wooley Pit Crook 0.0m/0.1km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wooley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Wooley Colliery

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