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Witton Park Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16800 30700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Witton Park Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Witton Park Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 3.3m/5.3km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1830 1925
Arthur Pit Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 2.9m/4.7km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 3.6m/5.8km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 4.1m/6.7km  
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1830 1939
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 1.3m/2.1km 1885 1895
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.9m/7.9km  
Bolckow Pit Crook 3.8m/6.1km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.3m/5.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.5m/5.6km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  31 Nov 1929
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.8m/6.2km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.8m/6.2km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.8m/6.2km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  1950
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.5m/5.6km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.4m/3.9km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 2.7m/4.4km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 2.8m/4.5km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 4.8m/7.8km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.6m/5.8km  28 Apr 1926
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 3.8m/6.1km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 3.7m/6.0km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.7m/6.0km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.7m/6.0km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 2.8m/4.5km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 3.8m/6.2km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 4.2m/6.8km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 4.0m/6.4km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Crook Drift Crook 3.4m/5.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dean Colliery  4.3m/6.9km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 3.8m/6.1km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 3.3m/5.4km  
Drift Evenwood 2.1m/3.4km  
Drift Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  
Drift Evenwood 2.6m/4.3km  
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Emma Pit Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engine Pit Cockfield 4.1m/6.6km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.2m/3.6km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.8km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 3.4m/5.5km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 3.1m/5.0km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 1.3m/2.2km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  
George Pit Etherley 1.1m/1.9km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1841 
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 4.5m/7.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 4.8m/7.7km  1950
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 2.5m/4.1km  24 May 1907
Gurney Pit  4.6m/7.5km 1830 1939
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 3.9m/6.3km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  Sep 1955
Hall Pit Cockfield 4.5m/7.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.5m/2.5km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.5m/2.5km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.8m/6.2km  
Harry Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1829 Jul 1932
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 4.9m/7.9km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 4.1m/6.7km  21 May 1926
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 4.1m/6.7km  
High House Colliery Butterknowle 3.8m/6.2km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.2m/6.8km  31 Mar 1921
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 3.4m/5.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 2.9m/4.7km  
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 5.0m/8.0km  29 May 1929
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.8m/2.9km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 0.3m/0.5km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 4.0m/6.4km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km  
John George Pit Hunwick 2.6m/4.2km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.9m/7.9km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.6m/5.8km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 4.1m/6.6km 1879 
Little Pit Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.0km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 0.9m/1.5km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.4m/7.1km  1965
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 4.3m/7.0km  25 Feb 1911
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1961
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 4.5m/7.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.1m/3.4km  
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 4.0m/6.4km  02 Dec 1936
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 3.3m/5.3km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Pit Shildon 3.8m/6.1km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 2.1m/3.4km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 3.3m/5.3km  02 Jun 1928
No. 3 Crook 3.3m/5.3km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.3m/2.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.1m/1.9km 1845 1966
North Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  30 Aug 1919
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 3.8m/6.2km  
North Pit  3.8m/6.2km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.4m/5.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 3.3m/5.4km  Mar 1912
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.6m/7.4km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.6m/7.4km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.7m/7.6km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.0m/6.4km 1983 
Park House Colliery  4.2m/6.8km  
Pasture Pit  3.8m/6.1km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 0.3m/0.5km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 2.8m/4.6km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.8m/4.6km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 1.2m/2.0km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Red House Colliery Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 2.3m/3.8km 1858 1931
Rowan Tree Colliery  3.6m/5.9km  
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.3m/3.7km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.6km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.7m/7.6km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.5km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 3.7m/6.0km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.2km  Jun 1914
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 2.8m/4.6km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 3.6m/5.8km  Jul 1967
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 2.8m/4.5km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 4.5m/7.3km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 3.2m/5.2km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.2m/3.6km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.8m/4.6km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.6m/5.8km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 1.7m/2.8km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.4m/7.1km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.7m/4.4km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.2m/3.6km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.0m/6.4km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 2.1m/3.4km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 2.1m/3.5km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 3.8m/6.2km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 3.0m/4.9km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1838 Oct 1961
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.2m/6.8km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  
White Lea Colliery Crook 3.7m/6.0km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.1m/0.2km  
William Pit Butterknowle 4.9m/7.9km  1950
Willington Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1840 1932
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 4.8m/7.8km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 4.8m/7.7km  10 Aug 1963

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