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West Wylam Brickworks

OS Grid Ref: NZ 10224 63703

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Wylam Brickworks

Colliery Page   main page for West Wylam Brickworks

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.1m/6.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 2.5m/4.0km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.6km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Ann Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Ann Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.7m/6.0km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.7m/6.0km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 2.6m/4.2km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1862 
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.7m/7.6km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.7m/7.6km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.8m/7.7km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 3.0m/4.8km  
Bean Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 3.0m/4.9km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.3m/6.9km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.3m/6.9km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 1.9m/3.1km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.0m/6.5km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.0m/6.5km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Bog Pit Stella 4.0m/6.5km  
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.4m/7.1km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.4m/5.5km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 2.6m/4.2km  
Cat Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
Chance Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.6km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.0m/3.3km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.0m/6.5km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 1.6m/2.7km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 1.8m/3.0km 1796 
Cross Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Derwent Cote Quarry  4.8m/7.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 4.3m/7.0km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  4.5m/7.2km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
East Shaft Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 1.1m/1.9km  
Edward Pit Winlaton 4.3m/7.0km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 1.3m/2.1km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 2.9m/4.7km  
Fallow Pit  2.4m/3.9km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.0km  
Fell Drift Prudhoe 2.1m/3.4km  07 Nov 1958
Fence Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Fence Pit Heddon 2.9m/4.7km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.5m/7.2km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.2m/5.2km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.6km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.3m/5.3km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.3m/6.9km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1828 
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.5m/4.1km  23 Jul 1966
Greymare Hill Colliery  4.5m/7.2km  
Grooves Pit  1.9m/3.1km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.5m/7.3km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 0.8m/1.4km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.5km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  3.3m/5.3km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.3m/3.8km  26 May 1951
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 4.9m/7.9km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 4.9m/7.9km  
Hill Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km 1700's 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Hopewell Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Horsley Pit Spital 2.1m/3.5km  
Humble Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
Humble Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.8km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
James Pit Prudhoe 0.1m/0.3km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.8km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.8km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
John Pit West Wylam 0.1m/0.3km  
John Shaft  4.6m/7.5km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.3m/3.7km  
King Pit Throckley 2.8m/4.5km  
King Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  25 Nov 1966
King Pit Heddon 2.8m/4.5km  
Kyo Wood Pit  1.8m/2.9km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 5.0m/8.0km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.5km  
Margery Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.9m/6.3km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 2.9m/4.7km  
Mary Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 2.6m/4.3km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.7m/4.4km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 2.8m/4.6km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  Mar 1921
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
North Wylam Wylam 0.7m/1.2km  1892
Nymph Pit Throckley 3.9m/6.3km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  Aug 1958
Peggy Pit Wylam 0.7m/1.2km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.2m/3.6km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 0.9m/1.5km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 0.1m/0.3km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 2.7m/4.4km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 2.7m/4.4km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 2.7m/4.4km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.9m/4.7km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 3.8m/6.1km  
Robert Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.2m/6.8km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 2.3m/3.8km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.0m/1.7km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.6m/5.9km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 3.1m/5.1km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 4.8m/7.7km 1800 27 Jan 1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 3.5m/5.6km 1869 29 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.0m/6.4km 1908 13 Mar 1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Tilley Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Tommy Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.3m/6.9km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.3m/5.4km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.6m/5.9km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 2.6m/4.2km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.4m/7.1km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.5km  
West Drift Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 3.0m/4.9km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.3m/3.7km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 0.0m/0.0km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.3m/7.0km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.5m/7.2km  1941
Whin Pit Thockley 3.6m/5.8km  
Whittonstall Colliery  4.6m/7.4km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.1m/6.6km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Wylam Colliery Wylam 1.3m/2.2km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of West Wylam Brickworks

Colliery Page   main page for West Wylam Brickworks

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