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  West Hetton Colliery  Index  West Hetton Colliery  
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West Hetton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 32300 37200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for West Hetton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1826 
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 2.0m/3.3km  
Annie Pit Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km 1880s Sep 1949
Bells Pit Coxhoe 0.6m/1.0km  
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 3.8m/6.1km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 3.2m/5.2km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 0.4m/0.7km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 1.2m/2.0km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 0.5m/0.8km  bef. 1894
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 3.7m/6.0km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.0m/6.5km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.7m/7.6km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 4.2m/6.8km  
Cassop Colliery Cassop 1.3m/2.2km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 1.2m/2.0km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.8m/7.8km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 3.7m/6.0km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 0.4m/0.7km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 0.6m/1.0km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 1.5m/2.5km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 1.5m/2.5km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 0.4m/0.7km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 0.4m/0.7km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.1m/5.0km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 0.6m/1.0km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.5m/5.7km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.7m/6.0km 1845 Bef. 1870
Deaf Hill Colliery Deaf Hill 3.5m/5.7km 1877 25 Feb 1967
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 3.5m/5.7km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 1.3m/2.2km 1836 Jun 1983
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.9m/6.3km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Fishburn Coking Plant Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.1m/6.6km  
Fishburn Colliery Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.1m/6.6km 1910 30 Nov 1973
Florence Pit Durham 4.1m/6.6km 1872 
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 0.8m/1.3km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 2.0m/3.3km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 2.5m/4.0km  
George Pit Cornforth 1.5m/2.5km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.7m/7.6km 1844 Apr 1948
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 2.8m/4.5km  
Haswell Colliery Haswell 4.3m/7.0km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Hett Colliery Hett 2.4m/3.9km  
Coal Drift Hett 2.1m/3.5km  
Coal Shaft Hett 2.0m/3.2km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 2.0m/3.2km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 0.4m/0.7km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 4.1m/6.7km  
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 2.8m/4.6km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 3.3m/5.3km  
Jane Pit West Cornforth 2.3m/3.7km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 1.3m/2.2km 1836 Jun 1983
Kelloe Winning Colliery Kelloe 2.6m/4.3km 1834 1983
Kepier Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.3m/5.4km  
Lady Pit Wingate 4.5m/7.3km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 3.8m/6.1km  1865
Little Pit Haswell 4.3m/7.0km 02 Jul 1835 1895
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.1m/6.6km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 4.3m/7.0km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.3m/5.3km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 
Lord Pit Wingate 4.5m/7.3km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 3.6m/5.8km 1837 1931
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 3.6m/5.8km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 2.8m/4.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Marl Hole Quarry Wheatley Hill 3.0m/4.9km  
Mary Pit Durham 4.1m/6.6km  
Mary Pit West Cornforth 2.2m/3.6km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.5m/7.2km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 2.4m/3.9km 1954 Jul 1978
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1870 Dec 1950
New Pit Trimdon Grange 2.8m/4.6km 1872 16 Feb 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.5m/7.2km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.3m/5.3km 1849 
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 0.7m/1.2km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 0.6m/1.1km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 0.7m/1.2km  
Pickering Quarry  4.0m/6.5km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.5m/7.2km  11 Jun 1891
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 0.8m/1.3km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 1.5m/2.5km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 2.0m/3.2km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.3m/5.4km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.3m/5.4km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 2.6m/4.3km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 2.3m/3.8km 1839 1875
South Engine Pit Durham 3.9m/6.3km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 0.8m/1.3km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.5m/5.7km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.7m/6.0km  
Thornley Colliery Thornley 3.0m/4.8km 1835 09 Jan 1970
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.5m/5.7km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 2.2m/3.6km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 2.2m/3.6km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 2.8m/4.5km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 2.4m/3.9km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 2.6m/4.2km  
Trimdon Colliery Trimdon 3.4m/5.5km 1840 1925
Trimdon Grange Coking Plant Trimdon Grange 2.9m/4.7km  
Trimdon Grange Colliery Trimdon Grange 2.9m/4.7km May 1845 16 Feb 1968
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.5m/5.7km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.5m/5.7km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.5m/7.3km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.5m/5.7km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 1.5m/2.5km 1854 1968
Vale Pit Cassop 1.3m/2.2km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 0.7m/1.2km  bef. 1894
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 2.2m/3.6km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Wheatley Hill Colliery Wheatley Hill 4.0m/6.5km 1869 03 May 1968
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 2.3m/3.8km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Wingate Grange Colliery Wingate 4.6m/7.5km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Wingate Quarry (Limestone) nr. Trimdon 3.1m/5.0km  
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 2.0m/3.3km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Hetton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for West Hetton Colliery

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