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Walbottle Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 17700 64900

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Walbottle Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Walbottle Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.6m/7.5km 1842 
A Pit Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.0m/4.9km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 2.1m/3.5km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 0.6m/1.0km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.2km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Ann Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.2m/5.2km 1769 
Ann Pit Wylam 3.0m/4.9km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.3m/5.3km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1857 
Aubone Pit Benwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.9m/7.9km 1867 Feb 1960
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.8m/4.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.4m/3.9km 1839 07 Aug 1954
B Pit Greenside 2.7m/4.4km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.8m/4.5km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.3km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.4m/7.1km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.4m/5.5km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.4m/5.5km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.0m/4.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.4m/5.5km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.0m/6.5km  
Bean Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.1m/5.1km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1743 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.5m/4.0km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 1.5m/2.5km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 1.5m/2.5km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 2.0m/3.2km  1968
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 1.1m/1.9km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.1m/5.0km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.6m/4.3km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 1.2m/2.0km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 1.6m/2.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 1.2m/2.0km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km  
Bog Pit Stella 1.1m/1.9km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brass Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.1m/3.4km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.8m/7.8km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Callerton Colliery Callerton 3.1m/5.0km 1827 11 Sep 1948
Callerton Drift Callerton 3.1m/5.0km  27 May 1960
Caroline Pit Scotswood 1.6m/2.7km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.1m/1.9km  
Cat Pit Throckley 1.5m/2.5km  
Chance Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km 1756 
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 2.5m/4.0km  
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.8m/4.5km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 2.8m/4.5km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 5.0m/8.0km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Content Pit Blaydon 1.6m/2.6km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 1.6m/2.7km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 3.0m/4.9km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 3.1m/5.0km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1847 
Cross Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 2.1m/3.4km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 2.1m/3.4km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.4m/2.3km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.9m/7.9km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 3.5m/5.6km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 3.5m/5.6km 1875 Dec 1947
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1857 
Edith Pit Swalwell 2.3m/3.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 1.2m/2.0km  
Edward Pit Benwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.0km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.0m/4.9km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 2.8m/4.5km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.4km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.4km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 2.1m/3.4km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Fallow Pit  3.8m/6.1km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km  
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.1m/6.7km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 4.2m/6.8km 1810 
Fence Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.5m/4.0km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.0m/4.9km 1801 
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.0m/3.3km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 1.4m/2.3km 1750 1959
Freehold Pit Blaydon 1.0m/1.6km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Garden Pit Blaydon 1.0m/1.7km  Mar 1921
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.1km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 3.8m/6.2km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.0m/4.8km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.6m/7.4km bef. 1790 
Haugh Pit Wylam 3.8m/6.2km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 4.9m/7.9km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazard Pit Blaydon 2.0m/3.3km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 2.3m/3.8km 1920? Aug 1940
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.8m/7.8km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Throckley 1.9m/3.1km 1700's 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.6m/7.5km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Humble Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Humble Pit Heddon 2.4m/3.9km  
James Pit Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 2.2m/3.6km  
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 2.6m/4.3km  
John Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.1m/5.1km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.5m/4.0km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 0.7m/1.2km  1924
King Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.7km  
King Pit Heddon 2.3m/3.7km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.1m/6.6km bef. 1790 
Lady Pit Dunston 4.0m/6.4km  
Lady Pit Fenham 2.3m/3.8km  
Lady Pit Throckley 2.6m/4.2km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.3m/0.5km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.6m/5.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 4.4m/7.1km 1771 Oct 1966
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 2.3m/3.7km  22 Feb 1963
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.7km  
Margery Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 1.9m/3.1km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.4m/3.9km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.4m/3.9km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.2m/6.8km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 0.9m/1.5km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 1.7m/2.8km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.8m/7.7km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.0m/4.8km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km 1865 Feb 1960
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 2.0m/3.2km 1894 24 Feb 1968
North Wylam Wylam 4.3m/6.9km  1892
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 0.7m/1.2km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 4.1m/6.6km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.4m/7.1km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.4km  
Nymph Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 1.1m/1.9km  Aug 1958
Paradise Colliery Benwell 3.1m/5.1km 1819 1848
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 3.2m/5.2km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.8m/4.5km  Aug 1964
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 4.0m/6.4km 1771 Oct 1966
Primrose Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.5m/7.2km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 2.3m/3.8km 1756 
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 3.9m/6.3km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 4.3m/7.0km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Richard Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 2.5m/4.0km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 2.5m/4.0km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rigg Pit Throckley 2.2m/3.6km  
Robert Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Rye Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Sally Pit Throckley 2.5m/4.0km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.9m/7.9km 1865 Feb 1960
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 1.5m/2.4km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 3.6m/5.9km 1830's 1858
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.1m/6.6km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 1.3m/2.1km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 2.3m/3.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 4.0m/6.4km  
Thistle Pit Throckley 2.1m/3.5km 1756 
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 0.9m/1.5km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 2.1m/3.5km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 1.7m/2.8km 1800 20 Aug 1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 1.5m/2.4km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 1.9m/3.1km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.7m/6.0km  
Tilley Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 5.0m/8.0km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.3km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.4km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.4km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 1.3m/2.1km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 2.1m/3.4km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Victoria Drift Blaydon 1.7m/2.8km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km 1870 13 Jul 1962
View Pit Scotswood 1.7m/2.8km 1765 1934
Wardle Pit Throckley 2.0m/3.2km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 4.1m/6.7km 1924 20 Aug 1964
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.1m/5.1km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 0.7m/1.2km  1924
West Engine Pit Heddon 2.0m/3.2km  
West Pit House Shaft  4.3m/6.9km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.6m/7.5km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.6m/7.5km  1961
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Whin Pit Thockley 2.5m/4.1km  
William Pit Benwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.3km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.8m/4.5km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.7m/6.0km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 3.3m/5.3km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 0.7m/1.2km  1924
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km  

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