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Waldridge Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25113 50039

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Waldridge Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Waldridge Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.1m/6.6km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.8m/4.6km 1952 1955
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.3m/7.0km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Air Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km 1849 
Alma Drift Grange Villa 1.5m/2.4km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 1.5m/2.4km 1858 
Ann Pit Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.3m/7.0km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 4.8m/7.8km  
Annie Pit Burnhope 4.0m/6.4km  22 Jul 1949
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.5m/4.0km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km 1880s Sep 1949
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.3m/5.3km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 4.1m/6.6km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 4.0m/6.4km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 4.1m/6.6km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  22 Jul 1949
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Betty Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.8m/6.1km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.0m/6.4km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 3.9m/6.3km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 4.1m/6.7km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.2m/6.8km  1924
Broom Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 2.8m/4.5km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.3m/2.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burns Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.1m/1.8km  Feb 1965
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.6m/7.5km  25 Aug 1962
Butney Pit Washington 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 0.8m/1.3km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  3.1m/5.0km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.9km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 2.6m/4.3km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 2.7m/4.4km  
Chance Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 1.8m/3.0km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.2km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.7km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.1m/6.7km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.1m/1.8km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.1m/1.8km 1889 Oct 1967
Clog Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.2m/5.2km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.2km  Apr 1957
Craghead Colliery Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  1924
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 0.2m/0.4km  
Dike Pit Beamish 2.9m/4.7km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.9km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  1924
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.0m/4.9km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.8m/7.7km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.6km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.4m/2.3km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.9m/7.9km  1956
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 2.0m/3.3km  
Ellison's Shaft  4.7m/7.6km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Engine Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Esh Pit Esh 4.7m/7.6km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.0m/1.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 4.4m/7.1km 1700's 
Fell Pit Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  22 Jul 1949
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.1m/5.1km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.5m/4.0km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Florence Pit Durham 5.0m/8.0km 1872 
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Fox Pit Stanley 4.3m/7.0km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 3.3m/5.3km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.4km 1840 1934
Garden Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 2.2m/3.6km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 2.1m/3.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 3.2m/5.2km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 1.3m/2.2km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.4m/7.1km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.8m/6.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Godspeed Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.6m/7.4km 1844 Apr 1948
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 3.6m/5.8km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.9m/3.1km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.2km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.5m/4.0km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Haugh Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 3.8m/6.2km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.4m/7.1km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.9km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.3m/6.9km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.1m/6.6km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.5m/2.5km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 2.4m/3.9km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.1m/6.6km 1817 
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Hutton's Moor Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.9km  
Jacks Row Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Jane Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Joliffe Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Judith Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.1m/5.1km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.8m/6.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 4.1m/6.7km 1790 
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 4.1m/6.7km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 4.1m/6.7km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 4.1m/6.7km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.6m/7.5km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.2m/6.8km  Aug 1963
Lane Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.6m/7.5km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.3km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.9m/6.3km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.6m/5.8km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  Jan 1949
Little Pit Washington 4.8m/7.7km 1894 Mar 1935
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.0m/6.4km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.8m/4.5km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 3.6m/5.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 3.5m/5.6km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 5.0m/8.0km  
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.4m/7.1km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.7m/7.6km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  
Mary Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.4km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Durham 5.0m/8.0km  
Mary Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Mary Pit Newbottle 4.9m/7.9km  
May Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.7m/7.6km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.1m/6.7km  
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.4m/7.1km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.5km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.7m/6.0km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 0.6m/1.1km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 0.4m/0.7km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km 1832 
New Pit Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 1.3m/2.2km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.8m/7.8km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.3m/6.9km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Old Engine Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Old Pit Durham 3.3m/5.3km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 2.5m/4.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.7m/7.6km  
Pea Flat Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.3m/7.0km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.0m/1.7km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 1.0m/1.7km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.7m/7.6km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  
Pity Me Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.5m/7.2km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  22 Jul 1949
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.7m/7.6km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 5.0m/8.0km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.6m/5.8km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.4km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 2.8m/4.6km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.8m/6.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.3m/6.9km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1952 Aug 1955
Row Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Rush Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 1.6m/2.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Second Pit Beamish 2.9m/4.7km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 1.8m/3.0km 1845 May 1947
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.9m/3.1km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.0km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 0.4m/0.7km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.3m/5.3km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 3.3m/5.4km  08 Feb 1922
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 1.6m/2.6km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 4.5m/7.3km 1837 1915
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.1m/6.6km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 1.3m/2.2km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 3.6m/5.8km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Street Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Success Pit  3.8m/6.1km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 4.8m/7.8km  1956
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.7m/7.6km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Team Colliery Gateshead 5.0m/8.0km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 2.4m/3.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 1.1m/1.8km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 1.5m/2.4km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 2.2m/3.6km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.5m/5.7km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.8m/6.1km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 1.3m/2.1km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.2m/3.6km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 2.8m/4.5km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.9m/7.9km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Washington 4.8m/7.8km  Mar 1935
Warren Drift Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  22 Jul 1949
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 3.9m/6.3km 1913 May 1932
Water Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.6km  
Way Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 1.4m/2.3km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.4m/2.3km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 1.5m/2.4km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.3m/6.9km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.0m/4.8km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 1.5m/2.4km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 4.0m/6.5km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 2.1m/3.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.7m/7.6km  25 Aug 1962
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.5m/4.1km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 1.9m/3.1km  
Woodside Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  

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