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West Holywell Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 29788 73805

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for West Holywell Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Acorn Bank Opencast Bedlington 4.7m/7.6km  
Algernon Colliery Backworth 2.5m/4.0km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Amelia Pit Cramlington 2.8m/4.6km  
Anne Pit Cramlington 2.0m/3.2km  
Athey Pit Cramlington 4.0m/6.4km 1858 1961
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.6m/7.4km 1867 Feb 1960
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 1.2m/2.0km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 1.2m/2.0km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 1.0m/1.6km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.8m/6.2km  
Bassington Colliery Cramlington 3.8m/6.1km 1773 
Bebside Colliery Bebside, Blyth 4.8m/7.8km May 1858 1926
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1760 
Betsy Pit Cramlington 1.9m/3.1km  
Bigge Pit Willington 3.4m/5.5km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 4.1m/6.7km 1921 1925
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 1.8m/2.9km  1915
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.6m/7.5km  
Brenkley Colliery Seaton Burn 4.6m/7.4km  1985
Burradon Colliery Burradon 1.6m/2.6km 1820 22 Nov 1975
Chance Pit North Shields 4.6m/7.4km 1811 
Chirton Pit North Shields 4.6m/7.4km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 1.5m/2.4km 1838 
Church Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1782 
Cowpen Colliery Blyth 4.6m/7.5km  
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cramlington Brickworks Cramlington 2.0m/3.3km  
Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 2.0m/3.3km  
Crofton Mill Colliery Blyth 4.6m/7.5km 1885 11 Jul 1969
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 4.5m/7.3km  
Daisy Pit Cramlington 3.8m/6.2km  1961
Delaval Pit New Hartley 1.8m/3.0km  
Dicky Pit Cramlington 2.0m/3.2km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.6m/7.4km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Dudley Colliery Dudley 2.4m/3.9km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 2.4m/3.9km 1856 1977
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 1.3m/2.2km  
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 1.3m/2.2km  22 Jun 1934
East Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 2.0m/3.2km  
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 1.0m/1.7km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 1.2m/2.0km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 1.2m/2.0km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 3.5m/5.6km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 2.7m/4.4km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 4.3m/6.9km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 1.0m/1.7km 1874 01 Sep 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 1.0m/1.7km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 4.0m/6.4km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 4.0m/6.5km  
Forster Pit Seaton Delaval 3.9m/6.3km 1838 27 May 1960
Gloria Colliery Hartley 2.4m/3.9km  01 Jun 1951
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 4.3m/6.9km 1825 
Grange Pit Earsdon 2.0m/3.2km  
Hannah Pit Blyth 3.3m/5.3km  
Hartford Colliery Cramlington 3.8m/6.2km  24 Feb 1961
Hartley Colliery New Hartley 2.0m/3.3km  20 Feb 1959
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 1.6m/2.6km 1875 27 May 1960
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 4.5m/7.3km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 5.0m/8.0km  
Hester Pit Seaton Delaval 2.0m/3.2km  
Hester Pit Wide Open 4.3m/7.0km  Feb 1960
Hester Pit New Hartley 2.0m/3.2km  
High Pit Willington Quay 4.2m/6.8km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Shields 4.8m/7.7km 1811 
Horton Grange Colliery Bebside, Blyth 4.8m/7.8km  26 Jan 1962
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 4.8m/7.8km  
Isabella Pit Blyth 4.2m/6.8km  12 Feb 1966
John Pit Seghill 0.8m/1.3km 1824 1962
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1829 
Kitty Pit Seghill 0.8m/1.3km 1824 1962
Lamb Pit Cramlington 1.4m/2.3km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 2.5m/4.1km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 4.2m/6.8km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 0.8m/1.4km  1962
Maude Pit Backworth 1.2m/2.0km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Mill Pit Blyth 4.6m/7.4km 1885 12 Jul 1969
Mill Pit New Hartley 2.8m/4.5km  Feb 1959
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 3.5m/5.6km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 2.7m/4.4km  
Nelson Colliery Cramlington 3.3m/5.4km 1934 04 Jan 1958
New Delaval Colliery nr.Blyth 3.6m/5.9km 1859 02 Apr 1955
New Hartley Colliery New Hartley 2.0m/3.3km  Feb 1959
New Pit Howden 5.0m/8.0km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 4.3m/6.9km  
Newsham Colliery Blyth 3.3m/5.3km  
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 1.8m/3.0km  Feb 1959
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 4.8m/7.8km  
Percy Pit North Shields 4.8m/7.8km  
Plessey Quarry Stannington 4.9m/7.9km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 4.3m/6.9km  28 Sep 1929
Prosperous Pit Backworth 2.5m/4.1km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 4.5m/7.3km 1892 Apr 1964
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 3.1m/5.0km 01 Jan 1953 31 May 1958
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 1.6m/2.6km 1884 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Cramlington 2.0m/3.3km  
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 1.6m/2.6km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.1m/5.0km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rodney Pit Bassington 4.1m/6.6km 1700's 
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1782 
Scott Pit Cramlington 3.8m/6.2km  1961
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 3.8m/6.1km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 1.5m/2.5km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 0.8m/1.3km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 0.8m/1.3km 1824 28 Sep 1962
Shankhouse Colliery Shankhouse 2.8m/4.6km  
Straker Pit Blyth 4.3m/6.9km  
Success Pit Seghill 0.3m/0.5km 1824 1962
Venture Pit Willington Quay 4.2m/6.8km 1806 
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1782 
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 2.6m/4.2km 1903 10 Sep 1966
Well Pit Bassington 4.1m/6.7km 1700's 
West Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 2.3m/3.8km  30 Aug 1938
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1829 
Whin Pit New Hartley 2.8m/4.6km 1754 
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 3.8m/6.1km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 3.3m/5.3km 1825 
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 5.0m/8.0km  1954
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 4.2m/6.8km 1806 

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

Colliery Page   main page for West Holywell Colliery

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