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  West Durham Wallsend Colliery  Index  West Durham Wallsend Colliery  
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West Durham Wallsend Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 21606 26411

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Durham Wallsend Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for West Durham Wallsend Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1864 1946
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.9m/7.9km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.8m/2.9km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1830 1939
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 4.7m/7.6km  07 Feb 1925
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 2.6m/4.2km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.0m/1.7km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.1m/1.9km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.8m/6.2km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.4m/7.1km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.7m/2.8km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.4m/7.1km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.3km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.7m/7.6km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 0.3m/0.6km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 0.1m/0.3km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.4km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 4.8m/7.8km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Drift Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.7m/2.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 2.2m/3.6km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 1.7m/2.8km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 1.7m/2.8km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 2.8m/4.5km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 0.7m/1.2km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  
George Pit Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.4m/7.1km 1841 
Gurney Pit  1.8m/3.0km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 0.7m/1.2km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.7m/2.8km 1829 Jul 1932
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.1km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.3m/3.7km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.3m/6.9km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 2.1m/3.5km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 1.4m/2.3km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 3.3m/5.3km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 3.3m/5.3km 1836 Oct 1967
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 5.0m/8.0km 1830 1936
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.5m/5.7km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 1.7m/2.8km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 2.0m/3.3km  
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.5m/0.8km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.4m/7.1km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 0.3m/0.6km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.3m/6.9km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.8m/7.7km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.7m/7.6km 1845 1966
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  
North Pit  1.4m/2.3km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.7m/2.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.7m/4.4km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.1m/6.7km  
Park House Colliery  3.8m/6.2km  
Pasture Pit  1.7m/2.8km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 0.3m/0.5km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 4.5m/7.2km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.7m/6.0km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 3.7m/6.0km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km 1836 Dec 1912
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.6m/7.5km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 0.7m/1.2km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 0.5m/0.9km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 0.4m/0.7km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.7m/2.8km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 4.4m/7.1km  Apr 1927
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.2m/2.0km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 1.2m/2.0km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 2.6m/4.3km  Jul 1967
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 4.8m/7.7km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.1m/6.7km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 5.0m/8.0km 1840 1932
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 3.4m/5.5km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.6km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.7m/1.2km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.2m/2.0km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.9m/7.9km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.1m/6.7km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.3m/6.9km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.3m/7.0km  
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 4.2m/6.8km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.4km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 5.0m/8.0km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.4km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  

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