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Wideopen Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 24509 72445

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wideopen Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Wideopen Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 3.6m/5.8km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km  
Algernon Colliery Backworth 4.6m/7.5km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Amelia Pit Cramlington 4.0m/6.4km  
Andrew Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.3m/5.3km 1769 
Anne Pit Cramlington 3.1m/5.1km  
Athey Pit Cramlington 4.0m/6.5km 1858 1961
Augusta Pit Wide Open 1.3m/2.2km 1867 Feb 1960
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.6m/5.9km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.6m/5.9km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 3.5m/5.7km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.1m/5.0km  
Bassington Colliery Cramlington 3.9m/6.3km 1773 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1760 
Betsy Pit Cramlington 3.1m/5.1km  
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.8m/7.7km  1968
Bigge Pit Willington 5.0m/8.0km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.7m/6.0km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 4.2m/6.8km  1915
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.0m/4.8km  
Brass Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Brenkley Colliery Seaton Burn 1.8m/2.9km  1985
Briery Hill Pit Stannington 4.4m/7.1km  
Burradon Colliery Burradon 1.8m/2.9km 1820 22 Nov 1975
Caroline Pit Scotswood 4.8m/7.7km 1750 1959
Church Pit Earsdon 4.4m/7.1km 1838 
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cramlington Brickworks Cramlington 3.2m/5.2km  
Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 3.2m/5.2km  
Daisy Pit Cramlington 4.6m/7.5km  1961
Delight Pit Byker 5.0m/8.0km  
Dicky Pit Cramlington 2.4m/3.9km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 1.3m/2.2km 1867 26 Feb 1960
Dudley Colliery Dudley 1.1m/1.9km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 1.1m/1.9km 1856 1977
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 4.0m/6.5km  
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 4.0m/6.5km  22 Jun 1934
East Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 2.4m/3.9km  
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.1m/6.7km  
East Walbottle Colliery Dinnington Village 2.7m/4.4km  29 Oct 1966
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.6m/5.9km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.6m/5.9km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Willington Quay 4.9m/7.9km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 2.5m/4.1km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 2.0m/3.2km 1810 
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 4.1m/6.7km 1874 01 Sep 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 4.1m/6.7km 1874 1973
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.9m/7.9km 1750 1959
Gloria Colliery Hartley 4.8m/7.7km  01 Jun 1951
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 2.5m/4.1km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 4.8m/7.8km  
Hartford Bridge Quarry Netherton 4.7m/7.6km  
Hartford Colliery Cramlington 4.6m/7.5km  24 Feb 1961
Hartford Quarry Stannington 4.7m/7.6km  
Hartley Colliery New Hartley 4.5m/7.3km  20 Feb 1959
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 4.1m/6.7km 1875 27 May 1960
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 1.7m/2.8km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 1.1m/1.9km 1892 25 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.4m/7.1km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 2.6m/4.3km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Hester Pit Seaton Delaval 4.8m/7.8km  
Hester Pit Wide Open 1.0m/1.7km  Feb 1960
Hester Pit New Hartley 4.8m/7.8km  
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
John Pit Seghill 3.1m/5.1km 1824 1962
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.4m/5.5km  
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1829 
Kitty Pit Seghill 3.1m/5.1km 1824 1962
Lady Pit Fenham 4.2m/6.8km  
Lamb Pit Cramlington 3.3m/5.4km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 5.0m/8.0km  
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 3.8m/6.1km 1771 Oct 1966
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 0.8m/1.4km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1760 
Major Pit Seghill 3.0m/4.9km  1962
Mason Pit Seaton Burn 2.6m/4.3km  17 Aug 1965
Maude Pit Backworth 3.6m/5.8km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 4.7m/7.6km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Nelson Colliery Cramlington 3.5m/5.6km 1934 04 Jan 1958
New Hartley Colliery New Hartley 4.5m/7.3km  Feb 1959
New Pit Longbenton 3.4m/5.5km  
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.7m/7.6km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 4.0m/6.5km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.8m/7.7km 1894 24 Feb 1968
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 4.1m/6.7km  
Plessey Quarry Stannington 4.3m/6.9km  
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 3.8m/6.1km 1771 Oct 1966
Prosperous Pit Backworth 3.5m/5.7km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 1.1m/1.9km 1892 Apr 1964
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 4.1m/6.7km 1884 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Cramlington 2.3m/3.7km  
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 4.1m/6.7km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.0m/4.9km  
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 2.3m/3.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rodney Pit Bassington 3.8m/6.2km 1700's 
Scott Pit Cramlington 4.6m/7.4km  1961
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 1.1m/1.8km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 4.1m/6.6km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 3.1m/5.1km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 3.1m/5.1km 1824 28 Sep 1962
Shankhouse Colliery Shankhouse 4.0m/6.4km  
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.3m/7.0km 1830's 1858
Stannington Church Colliery Stannington 4.9m/7.9km  
Success Pit Seghill 3.1m/5.1km 1824 1962
View Pit Scotswood 4.7m/7.6km 1765 1934
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 0.8m/1.3km 1903 10 Sep 1966
Well Pit Bassington 3.7m/6.0km 1700's 
West Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 2.5m/4.0km  30 Aug 1938
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 3.3m/5.3km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.0m/3.2km bef. 1829 
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 1.7m/2.8km  1954

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Wideopen Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Wideopen Colliery

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