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  Whittonstall Colliery  Index  Whittonstall Colliery  
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Whittonstall Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 06600 57200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whittonstall Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Whittonstall Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.5m/7.3km 1837 
Allendale Drift Ebchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1862 
Barley Hill Opencast  3.1m/5.0km 1953 1955
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.3m/6.9km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 4.3m/7.0km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.5m/7.2km  
Billingside Drift Leadgate 4.3m/7.0km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.9m/7.9km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 4.2m/6.8km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Broadoak Quarry Consett 2.0m/3.3km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.7m/6.0km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 3.5m/5.7km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 3.2m/5.2km  
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.9m/7.9km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Charlie Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Consett Colliery Blackhill 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  
D Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  4.1m/6.7km  
Derwent Quarry  5.0m/8.0km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  
Dummys Pit  3.2m/5.2km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
East Shaft Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 1.8m/3.0km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 3.7m/6.0km  
Fallow Pit  4.5m/7.3km bef. 1857 
Fell Drift Prudhoe 2.5m/4.1km  07 Nov 1958
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.0m/6.4km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 1.3m/2.2km  
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 1.8m/2.9km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  1.4m/2.3km  
Grooves Pit  3.7m/6.0km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.1m/5.1km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 3.3m/5.3km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  1.3m/2.1km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.2m/3.6km  26 May 1951
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 0.3m/0.6km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 0.3m/0.6km  
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
Hutton Seam Drift  4.5m/7.2km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.2km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 4.6m/7.5km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
John Pit West Wylam 4.6m/7.5km  
John Shaft  3.9m/6.3km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 2.1m/3.5km  
King Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  25 Nov 1966
Kyo Wood Pit  4.2m/6.8km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Main Drift Ebchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  25 Nov 1966
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.7m/6.0km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 2.7m/4.4km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.0m/3.3km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 2.0m/3.3km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 1.6m/2.7km  
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km 1802 1940
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 4.6m/7.4km  1938
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.2m/6.8km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 4.6m/7.5km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 0.9m/1.5km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km  
Silvertongue (Lead Ore)  5.0m/8.0km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.5m/7.2km 1950 Feb 1965
Styford Quarry Corbridge 4.8m/7.7km  
Success Pit Ditpon 4.6m/7.4km  1938
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km  
Tilley Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.4m/5.5km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.8m/7.8km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 2.0m/3.3km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 1870 13 Jul 1962
West Drift Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km 1960 
West Pit House Shaft  4.1m/6.6km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 4.6m/7.4km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 2.8m/4.5km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.6m/7.4km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.6m/7.4km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 2.8m/4.6km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.0m/4.8km  1941
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 1.3m/2.1km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 4.6m/7.4km  1938
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 4.2m/6.8km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Whittonstall Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Whittonstall Colliery

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