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Whitley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 35500 71700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whitley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Whitley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Alfred Pit Jarrow 4.1m/6.7km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 2.4m/3.9km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.1m/5.1km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.1m/5.1km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 3.3m/5.3km  
Bigge Pit Willington 3.0m/4.9km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 1.8m/3.0km 1921 1925
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 2.6m/4.2km  1915
Burdon Main Colliery North Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1811 
Chance Pit North Shields 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.2km 1805 1825
Chirton Colliery Chirton 2.1m/3.5km  
Chirton Pit North Shields 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 2.4m/3.9km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 3.1m/5.0km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 3.1m/5.0km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1811 
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 1.0m/1.6km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 2.8m/4.5km  
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 2.8m/4.5km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 4.1m/6.7km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 2.8m/4.5km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 2.7m/4.4km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.1m/5.1km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.1m/5.1km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 2.1m/3.5km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 2.7m/4.4km 1874 01 Sep 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 2.7m/4.4km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 2.2m/3.6km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 3.0m/4.8km  
Gloria Colliery Hartley 5.0m/8.0km  01 Jun 1951
Grange Pit Earsdon 2.0m/3.2km  
Hartley Colliery New Hartley 4.7m/7.6km  20 Feb 1959
Harton Colliery South Shields 4.7m/7.6km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 4.5m/7.3km 1875 27 May 1960
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 4.6m/7.5km 1792 1932
Hester Pit Seaton Delaval 4.1m/6.6km  
Hester Pit New Hartley 4.1m/6.6km  
High Pit Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Shields 2.3m/3.8km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 3.1m/5.0km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km  
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 4.0m/6.5km 1803 
John Pit Seghill 4.5m/7.2km 1824 1962
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1806 
Kitty Pit Seghill 4.5m/7.2km 1824 1962
Lamb Pit Cramlington 4.9m/7.9km  
Low Pit Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 4.6m/7.4km  1962
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.2km 1805 1825
Maude Pit Backworth 3.2m/5.2km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Mill Pit New Hartley 3.1m/5.0km  Feb 1959
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 2.9m/4.7km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 2.1m/3.5km  
New Hartley Colliery New Hartley 4.7m/7.6km  Feb 1959
New Pit Howden 3.5m/5.7km 1808 
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 2.9m/4.7km  Feb 1959
Old Pit North Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 3.1m/5.0km  
Percy Pit North Shields 3.1m/5.0km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 1.8m/2.9km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 2.1m/3.5km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 3.8m/6.2km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 1.5m/2.5km 01 Jan 1953 31 May 1958
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 4.5m/7.3km 1884 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 4.5m/7.3km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.8m/7.8km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 4.1m/6.6km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.6km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1782 
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 4.5m/7.2km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 4.5m/7.2km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 4.5m/7.2km 1824 28 Sep 1962
Shields Colliery Chirton 2.1m/3.5km  
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 3.1m/5.0km 1810 1940
Success Pit Seghill 4.1m/6.6km 1824 1962
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 4.0m/6.5km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 3.8m/6.2km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km 1806 
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1782 
West Chirton Pit North Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1811 
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 3.8m/6.1km 1857 1861
Westoe Colliery South Shields 3.1m/5.1km 1909 May 1993
Whin Pit New Hartley 3.0m/4.8km 1754 
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km 1806 

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whitley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Whitley Colliery

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