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Westhoughton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: SD 65238 06665

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Westhoughton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Westhoughton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abram Colliery Bickershaw 3.5m/5.6km  
Alexandra Colliery (Haigh) Haigh 3.6m/5.8km  
Alliance Colliery Wigan 4.1m/6.7km 1880 1901
Ashton's Field Colliery Little Hulton 5.0m/8.0km  
Atherton Colliery Westhoughton 2.8m/4.5km 1859 1908
Bamfurlong Colliery nr. Wigan 4.5m/7.3km  1936
Bedford Colliery Leigh 3.8m/6.1km  
Bickershaw Colliery Leigh 4.4m/7.1km  
Blackrod Colliery Blackrod, Chorley 3.3m/5.4km 1855 1930
Brackley Colliery Little Hulton 3.6m/5.9km  
Chanters Colliery Atherton 3.1m/5.0km  
Chequerbent Colliery Chequerbent, Bolton 1.3m/2.1km  
Cleworth Hall Colliery Tyldesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Crawford Colliery Aspull 2.8m/4.6km  
Eatock Colliery Westhoughton 1.2m/2.0km  
Gibfield Colliery Atherton 2.7m/4.4km  
Gidlow and Swinley Colliery Wigan 4.6m/7.5km 1855 1896
Great Boys Colliery Tyldesley, Leigh 4.4m/7.1km 1855 1885
Great Lever Colliery Great Lever, Bolton 4.6m/7.4km 1855 1920
Hewlett Colliery Westhoughton 1.3m/2.1km 1880 Dec 1930
Hindley Field Colliery Wigan 3.1m/5.1km 1869 1925
Hindley Green Colliery Hindley Green, Wigan 2.5m/4.1km  
Hindley Hall Colliery Wigan 3.0m/4.8km 1859 1914
Howe Bridge Colliery Atherton 2.8m/4.6km  
Hulton Colliery Atherton 2.1m/3.4km  
Ladies Lane Colliery Hindley 2.3m/3.7km 1859 1910
Lindsay Colliery [LAN] Haigh, Wigan 3.5m/5.7km  1930
Lovers Lane Colliery Atherton 2.6m/4.2km  
Low Hall Colliery Platt Bridge, nr. Wigan 3.7m/6.0km  
Mains Colliery Wigan 4.8m/7.7km  
Maypole Colliery Abram, nr, Wigan 4.2m/6.8km  
Meadow Colliery Haigh 3.5m/5.6km 1880 1925
Moss Colliery Wigan 3.1m/5.0km  
Nelson Pit Tyldesley, Leigh 3.3m/5.4km  
New Lester Colliery Tyldesley 4.4m/7.1km  
No. 1 Pit Blackrod, Chorley 3.3m/5.4km 1855 1905
No. 1 Pit Tyldesley 3.9m/6.3km  
No. 2 Pit Tyldesley 3.8m/6.2km  
No. 4 Pit Blackrod, Chorley 1.8m/2.9km 1895 1930
No. 5 Pit Blackrod, Chorley 2.3m/3.7km 1898 1930
Nook Colliery Astley, Manchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Parsonage Colliery West Leigh 3.8m/6.1km  
Peel Hall Colliery Little Hulton 4.0m/6.4km 1850 1930
Peelwood Colliery Tyldesley 3.1m/5.1km 1883 1925
Pretoria Pit Atherton 2.1m/3.4km  
Priestners Colliery Westleigh 3.3m/5.3km  
Puffer Pit Atherton 2.8m/4.6km  
Rose Bridge Colliery Ince, Wigan 3.3m/5.4km 1859 1940
Scot Lane Colliery Blackrod, Chorley 2.3m/3.7km  
Shakerley Colliery Tyldesley, Leigh 3.7m/6.0km  
St. Georges Colliery Tyldesley, Manchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Swan Lane Colliery Wigan 1.8m/3.0km 1865 1925
Trafford Colliery Wigan 3.2m/5.2km 1895 1910
Victoria Pit Atherton 2.8m/4.6km  
Volunteer Pit Atherton 2.8m/4.6km  
Wellington Pit Tyldesley, Leigh 3.7m/6.0km  
Wigan Junction Colliery Bickershaw 3.7m/6.0km 1887 May 1962
Yew Tree Colliery Tyldesley 3.9m/6.3km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Westhoughton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Westhoughton Colliery

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