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West Pelton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23200 51500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for West Pelton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.3m/7.0km 1952 1955
Air Pit Beamish 1.8m/2.9km 1849 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 0.0m/0.1km  02 Mar 1955
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.8m/6.2km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 2.8m/4.6km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.3m/5.4km  22 Jul 1949
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.0m/6.4km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 1.8m/2.9km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.4km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 4.9m/7.9km  Apr 1960
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  22 Jul 1949
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.3m/6.9km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.1m/5.0km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.7m/6.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 3.9m/6.3km 1913 May 1932
Bog Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.7km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Brack Pit Kyo 4.3m/6.9km  
Broom Pit Stanley 2.7m/4.4km  
Broom Pit Collierly 4.1m/6.7km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.1m/1.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 4.6m/7.5km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 4.5m/7.2km  
Busty Pit Craghead 1.3m/2.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.1m/1.9km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.2m/3.6km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 3.1m/5.1km  25 Aug 1962
Butney Pit Washington 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.4m/7.1km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 1.2m/2.0km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 1.2m/2.0km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Chance Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.4km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 2.4m/3.9km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.9m/7.9km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.9m/7.9km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.5m/4.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.5m/4.1km 1889 Oct 1967
Cocken Colliery Cocken 4.7m/7.6km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.6km  Apr 1957
Conquest Pit Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1948
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Craghead Colliery Craghead 1.3m/2.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1847 
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 2.8m/4.6km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.6m/7.4km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 1.1m/1.9km  
Dike Pit Beamish 1.4m/2.3km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 5.0m/8.0km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.9m/7.9km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  07 Nov 1924
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/7.0km  1930
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.5m/2.5km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.3m/5.3km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Beamish 1.3m/2.2km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.5km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 1.3m/2.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 1.8m/2.9km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Engine Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Esh Pit Esh 4.9m/7.9km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.3m/2.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 2.8m/4.6km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 5.0m/8.0km 1700's 
Fell Pit Burnhope 3.0m/4.8km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 1.6m/2.6km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 4.6m/7.5km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.3m/5.4km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Fox Pit Stanley 2.8m/4.6km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.6m/7.4km  07 Nov 1924
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 0.7m/1.2km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit Craghead 0.9m/1.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 4.6m/7.5km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 0.9m/1.5km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Godspeed Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Green Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1838 Jul 1957
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.0m/6.4km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 0.6m/1.1km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.9m/7.9km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.6km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.0m/6.4km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1839 
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Haugh Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 2.7m/4.4km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.6m/7.5km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 2.5m/4.0km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.3m/7.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.6m/7.5km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 1.5m/2.5km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.5m/7.3km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 2.8m/4.5km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 4.6m/7.5km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 1.3m/2.1km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 1.3m/2.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.0m/6.4km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 4.2m/6.8km  
Ice Pit Beamish 1.5m/2.5km  
Jacks Row Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Joliffe Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Judith Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.5m/5.7km  31 Oct 1975
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.1m/5.1km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.4m/5.5km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.3m/5.4km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.0m/6.5km  Aug 1963
Landsale Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Lane Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.0km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.1m/6.6km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.8m/6.1km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Law Pit Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  Jan 1949
Lily Colliery Dipton 4.6m/7.5km  
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.0m/6.4km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.7km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 2.5m/4.1km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.9m/3.1km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.8m/7.7km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.6m/7.5km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.6m/7.4km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.6m/7.5km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 3.2m/5.2km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 2.8m/4.5km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.0m/6.4km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 1.8m/3.0km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 2.8m/4.5km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Moor Pit Pontop 4.4m/7.1km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 3.5m/5.6km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  2.6m/4.2km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.7m/7.6km  
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 1.3m/2.1km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 1.9m/3.1km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 0.9m/1.5km 1841 1936
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.5m/7.3km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.0m/6.4km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Old Engine Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Old Pit Durham 4.6m/7.4km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 1.5m/2.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 2.9m/4.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.5m/7.3km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 3.0m/4.8km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.3m/2.1km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 1.3m/2.2km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.1m/5.0km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.5m/7.2km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km  
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 4.5m/7.2km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 4.5m/7.2km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.3m/5.4km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.9m/4.7km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km 1952 Aug 1955
Row Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Rush Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 2.3m/3.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.9m/7.9km  
Second Pit Beamish 1.5m/2.4km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 2.5m/4.0km 1845 May 1947
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 0.6m/1.1km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 1.6m/2.6km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 1.2m/2.0km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.3m/5.3km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 3.3m/5.4km  08 Feb 1922
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 2.0m/3.2km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 3.1m/5.1km 1837 1915
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.8m/7.8km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 4.1m/6.6km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 1.6m/2.6km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.8m/7.7km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Street Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Success Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 3.2m/5.2km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.1m/6.7km 1768 Oct 1948
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km 1726 1973
Thomas Pit Craghead 1.3m/2.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.0m/6.5km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 0.4m/0.7km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 0.0m/0.0km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 0.7m/1.2km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.2m/5.2km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.3m/5.3km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.5km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 1.6m/2.7km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 1.9m/3.1km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Vale Pit Springwell 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1826 May 1931
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 1.5m/2.4km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  22 Jul 1949
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 3.9m/6.3km 1913 May 1932
Water Pit Beamish 1.5m/2.4km  
Way Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 2.8m/4.5km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.5m/2.4km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
William Pit Craghead 1.0m/1.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.1m/6.7km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 3.2m/5.2km  25 Aug 1962
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.3m/5.4km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 2.5m/4.1km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.3km  

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