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Willington Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19700 34200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Willington Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Willington Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km 1830 1925
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.3m/6.9km  Mar 1947
Arthur Pit Crook 3.5m/5.7km  
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 0.5m/0.9km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.3m/3.8km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1830 1939
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 3.0m/4.9km 1885 1895
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1925 1930
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.8m/4.6km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.3m/2.2km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 1.8m/2.9km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 1.0m/1.7km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 1.0m/1.7km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 1.0m/1.7km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.7m/7.6km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.6m/7.5km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.0m/6.4km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.3m/7.0km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 1.6m/2.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 1.6m/2.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 1.7m/2.8km  
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 0.6m/1.0km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 0.5m/0.8km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.7m/6.0km  28 Apr 1926
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 4.8m/7.7km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.8m/4.5km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.3m/5.3km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.3m/5.3km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 3.9m/6.3km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.1m/3.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.6m/7.4km 1876 1934
Deanery Colliery Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 1.9m/3.1km  
Drift Evenwood 4.9m/7.9km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.5m/7.3km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Eldon Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Emma Pit Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1870 Dec 1950
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.6m/5.8km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.8m/6.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 3.9m/6.3km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.5m/5.7km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
George Pit Etherley 2.7m/4.4km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 4.8m/7.8km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 0.6m/1.0km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 3.1m/5.1km  24 May 1907
Gurney Pit  4.5m/7.3km 1830 1939
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  Sep 1955
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.5m/4.1km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.5m/4.1km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.9km  
Harry Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.7m/7.6km 1870's Nov 1929
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.4m/7.1km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 3.8m/6.2km  
High Pit Ferryhill 5.0m/8.0km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.5km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 3.6m/5.9km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.0m/3.2km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.5m/5.6km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
John George Pit Hunwick 0.6m/1.1km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 3.3m/5.3km 1857 Nov 1911
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 4.1m/6.6km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 4.1m/6.6km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.6m/7.5km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 3.0m/4.8km 1830 1936
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.9m/7.9km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.4m/7.1km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 1.6m/2.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.0m/4.8km  1965
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1870 Dec 1950
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.9m/7.9km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 0.6m/1.0km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.4m/5.5km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 0.7m/1.2km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.4m/5.5km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 3.6m/5.8km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.6m/2.7km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.8m/3.0km 1845 1966
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km  
North Pit  3.9m/6.3km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.3m/2.2km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.0m/3.3km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.0m/3.3km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 1.1m/1.9km 1983 
Pasture Pit  3.7m/6.0km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Pickering Quarry  4.8m/7.7km  
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.0m/6.4km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km 1942 Oct 1959
Red House Colliery Crook 3.4m/5.5km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 0.4m/0.7km 1858 1931
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 2.0m/3.3km  
Rush Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.8km 1869 
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.7m/7.6km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.7m/7.6km 1810 1830
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.0m/3.3km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.4m/5.5km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.8km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.5m/7.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.5m/7.2km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 2.2m/3.6km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.5m/4.1km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.7km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.6m/7.4km  
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 1.0m/1.7km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.5m/7.3km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.5m/7.2km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.5m/7.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.2m/6.8km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.5m/5.6km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.5m/7.2km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 5.0m/8.0km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 1.3m/2.2km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 4.3m/7.0km 1859 Aug 1966
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km 1838 Jul 1967
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 3.7m/6.0km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 5.0m/8.0km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 0.7m/1.2km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 0.6m/1.1km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.8m/7.7km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.6km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.8m/4.5km  Jun 1923
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.8m/4.5km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.4m/3.9km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.9m/4.7km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.8m/4.6km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  

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