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  West Auckland Colliery  Index  West Auckland Colliery  
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West Auckland Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 18300 26700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for West Auckland Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1864 1946
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.5m/2.5km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1855 1908
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1830 1939
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 3.2m/5.2km  07 Feb 1925
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 3.8m/6.2km 1885 1895
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 2.2m/3.6km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 4.4m/7.1km  31 Nov 1929
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.8m/3.0km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.6m/2.6km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  1950
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.8km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 0.5m/0.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.3m/6.9km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.4m/7.1km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.7km  
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 1.8m/3.0km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.6m/4.2km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.3m/5.4km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.3m/5.4km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 3.0m/4.8km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 3.1m/5.0km  
Dean Colliery  3.3m/5.4km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 2.4m/3.9km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 0.5m/0.9km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 4.6m/7.4km  
Drift Evenwood 3.0m/4.8km  
Drift Evenwood 3.1m/5.1km  
Drift Evenwood 3.3m/5.3km  
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 3.9m/6.3km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 3.5m/5.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 4.1m/6.7km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 3.1m/5.1km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 1.0m/1.6km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 1.1m/1.8km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.6m/5.9km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 2.7m/4.4km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 1.1m/1.9km  
George Pit Etherley 2.0m/3.2km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 3.5m/5.7km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 4.5m/7.2km  1950
Gurney Pit  3.6m/5.9km 1830 1939
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Hall Pit Cockfield 3.5m/5.7km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.2m/6.8km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.2m/6.8km  03 Nov 1934
Harry Pit Shildon 3.5m/5.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.3km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 4.0m/6.5km  21 May 1926
High House Colliery Butterknowle 4.0m/6.4km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.4m/7.1km  31 Mar 1921
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km  29 May 1929
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  20 Aug 1921
Hutton Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km  
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 2.3m/3.7km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.5m/5.7km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.1m/6.7km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1829 Jul 1932
John Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1867 
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 1.0m/1.6km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.1km 1879 
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 4.8m/7.8km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 4.8m/7.8km 1836 Oct 1967
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 3.5m/5.6km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.6m/7.5km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.7km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 3.8m/6.1km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 4.0m/6.5km  
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 4.0m/6.4km  25 Feb 1911
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 3.5m/5.7km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.8m/4.6km  
New Copley Colliery Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1867 
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 3.7m/6.0km  02 Dec 1936
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.9m/6.3km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.7m/6.0km 1845 1966
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 4.5m/7.3km  
North Pit  2.8m/4.6km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 3.5m/5.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 4.7m/7.6km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  2.6m/4.3km  
Park House Colliery  2.2m/3.6km  
Pasture Pit  3.0m/4.9km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 2.3m/3.7km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 3.0m/4.9km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.4m/3.9km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 4.1m/6.7km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 1.8m/3.0km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 1.1m/1.8km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 1.9m/3.1km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km 1836 Dec 1912
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.3m/6.9km 1858 1931
Rowan Tree Colliery  4.3m/7.0km  
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 4.9m/7.9km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.3km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.1km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 2.5m/4.0km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 2.5m/4.0km 1830 1937
Smout Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km  20 Mar 1930
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 3.5m/5.7km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 2.3m/3.8km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1929 Aug 1958
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 4.6m/7.4km  Jun 1914
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 1.1m/1.9km  Jul 1967
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 3.6m/5.9km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 2.8m/4.6km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 2.6m/4.3km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.7m/7.6km 1840 1932
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 1.5m/2.5km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 3.6m/5.8km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 4.9m/7.9km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 2.1m/3.5km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 2.7m/4.4km  
Victoria Colliery Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km 1867 
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km  
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.7m/4.4km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 2.0m/3.3km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.9m/6.3km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.0m/6.4km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 4.5m/7.2km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 2.1m/3.5km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1838 Oct 1961
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.3m/7.0km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Wigglesworth Colliery Cockfield 4.6m/7.5km  
William Pit Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  1950
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.6m/4.2km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 4.7m/7.6km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.6m/4.2km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  

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